François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

(b. 17 May 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 December 1809 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was born 17 May 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was the child of Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Josephte DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE (maternal) Jean DUBOIS and Jeanne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

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François married Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY 13 November 1753 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY was born 22 June 1730 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Jeanne died 16 January 1807 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jeanne was the child of Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Jeanne PROVENCHER.

François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE died 19 December 1809 in Berthierville, 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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Family and Children of François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE

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François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE married

Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY-- Date: 13 November 1753 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY was the child of Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY and Jeanne PROVENCHER

Children of François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY:

François BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT (b.13 October 1754, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 21 June 1834, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Geneviève ENOUILLE 29 January 1781 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE (b.11 May 1762, Champlain, Canada d. 25 March 1808, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite MOREAU 20 January 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE (b.March 19, 1767, Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1801, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Jean GIASSON dit CHIASSON 29 September 1783 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1724 Birth
17 May 1724
Québec Province, Canada

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
François BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE and Jeanne CARPENTIER dite BAILLY 13 November 1753, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 29 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
François BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT was born 13 October 1754, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

François was 30 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE was born 11 May 1762, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

François was 38 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE was born March 19, 1767, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

François was 42 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
François BRUNEL dit BEAUFORT married 29 January 1781, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Geneviève ENOUILLE

1783 Marriage of Child
Joseph BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE married 20 January 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marguerite MOREAU

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE married 29 September 1783, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Jean GIASSON dit CHIASSON

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)

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