Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC

(b. 30 September 1742 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 27 September 1817 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC was born 30 September 1742 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BEAULAC and Catherine MESSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie BEAUDRY (maternal) René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Marie-Josephte married Louis-Marie BRIERE 11 May 1767 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis-Marie BRIERE was born 13 September 1746 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis-Marie died 21 January 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Louis-Marie was the child of Louis-Augustin BRIERE and Marie-Angélique PLOUFFE.

Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC died 27 September 1817 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC married

Louis-Marie BRIERE-- Date: 11 May 1767 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
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Louis-Marie BRIERE was the child of Louis-Augustin BRIERE and Marie-Angélique PLOUFFE

Children of Louis-Marie BRIERE and Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC:

Marie-Louise BRIERE (b.30 November 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 April 1818, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Louis MAHEU 16 September 1799 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Euphronsine LABRUYERE (BRIERE) (b.22 May 1778, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1826, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Joseph GUERTIN dit YATTAW 12 November 1799 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
30 September 1742
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite BEAULAC and Louis-Marie BRIERE 11 May 1767, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BRIERE was born 30 November 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 29 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Euphronsine LABRUYERE (BRIERE) was born 22 May 1778, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Josephte was 35 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BRIERE married 16 September 1799, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis MAHEU

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Euphronsine LABRUYERE (BRIERE) married 12 November 1799, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph GUERTIN dit YATTAW

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)