[also spelled André Beaucheman]
Links to Biographies:
- Manitoba Historical Society http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/beauchemin_a.shtml
- Lawrence Barkwell http://www.scribd.com/doc/34218641/Legislative-Assembly-of-Assiniboia
Preliminary Biographical Notes:
Date of Birth: 6 November 1824[1]
Place of Birth: St. Vital, Red River Settlement
Father: André Millet dit Beauchemin (of Yamaska, Quebec), blacksmith, reputed to have built the first Red River carts.
Mother: Madeleine Ducharme
Marriage: Genviève Delorme (c.1825- 2 February 1875)
Occupation: Wheelwright and farmer.
Member of the Provisional Government of Assiniboia; Position in Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia:
- Honourable member for St. Vital (elected 27 January 1870).
Other Political Positions:
- Representative for St. Vital at the Convention of Twenty-four (16 November 1869).
- Convention of Forty member for St. Vital (25 January – 10 February 1870).
- Elected as representative for St. Vital to the First Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1871-1874).[2]
Date of Death: 13 December 1902.
[1] La Société historique de Saint-Boniface, ‘André Beauchemin,’ Family Group Sheet (11 August 2010). LAC, Scrip affidavit for Beauchemin, Andre; born: November 6, 1824; father: Andre Beauchemin (French); mother: Madeleine Ducharme (Métis); claim no: 2431; date of issue: October 2, 1876 =; LAC, Scrip affidavit for Beauchemin, Madeleine; widow of late Andre Beauchemin; born: 1801; father: Pierre Ducharme (French); mother: Catherine La Sauteuse (Indian); claim no.: 2432; date of issue: January 12, 1840 = [sic: Scrip issued 2 October 1876].
[2] Adrien Gabriel Morice, “André Beauchemin,” Dictionnaire historique des canadiens et des métis français de l’ouest (Saint-Boniface, MB.: l’Archevêché, 1908), 12-13.
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Family Ties:
1. BEAUCHEMIN, André MILLET dit. Born/baptized 3 March 1780, St.-Michel d’Yamaska, Quebec (son of Antoine Hus-Millet and Marie-Josephe Lavallée); he arrived in the North-West in 1800 with Alexander Henry the Younger’s boat brigade, to winter at Park River, Dakota Territory, United States; died 17 April 1865; buried 18 April 1865, St. Boniface, Red River Settlement.
– sp. PELLETIER, Charlotte ‘Indian’. Born c. 1785.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, Elise/Louise. Born c. 1790, United States; married 1819, St. Boniface; died 10 September 1893, St. François-Xavier; buried 12 September, St. François-Xavier.
– sp. BRACONNIER, Baptiste. Born 19 January 1791.
3. BRACONNIER, Annie. Born 25 December 1844.
– sp. RICHARD, Francis.
2. BEACHEMIN, Benjamin. Born c. 1804/1813; died 25 February 1870, Fort Garry, Red River Settlement; buried 27 February, St. Norbert, Red River. [See "Family Ties," Hon. Jean-Baptiste BEAUCHEMIN page]
– sp. PARENTEAU, Marie. Born c. 1815 to Joseph PARENTEAU and Suzanne.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Jean-Baptiste. Born 3 November 1838 at St. Boniface, Red River; married c. 1860; Honourable Member of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia died 2 December 1900; buried 4 December 1900 at St. Charles, MB.
– sp. McMILLAN, Marguerite. Born 12 January 1840; died 26 January 1926.
2.BEAUCHEMIN, Marie-Anne. Born 28 March 1821; married 25 November 1834, St. Boniface, Red River.
– sp. MORIN, Louis COMTOIS dit. Born c. 1813; died 22 January 1875.
3. MORIN, Andre. Born 9 January 1849.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, Madeleine [Miquette]. Born c. 1816/1820; married 9 January 1838, St. François-Xavier; died 5 December 1901; buried at Lebret [Saskatchewan].
– sp. KLYNE, Michel. Born c. 1811, Edmonton; died 9 December 1875.
3. KLYNE, André.
3. KLYNE, Michel.
3. KLYNE, Marie.
– sp. BELLEGARDE, Benjamin.
3. KLYNE, Guillaume.
3. KLYNE, Elise.
– sp. KAVANAH, Thomas.
3. KLYNE, Benjamin.
3. KLYNE, Theophile.
3. KLYNE, Veronique.
– sp. KELLY, Thomas.
3. KLYNE, Madeleine.
– sp. DESJARLAIS, Thomas.
3. KLYNE, Napoleon.
– sp. DUCHARME, Madeleine/Magdeleine. Born c. 1801, Rivière Qu’Appelle, to Pierre DUCHARME and Catherine “Sauteux” [Ojibwa/Chippewa]; married c. 1823.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, André. Born 6 November 1824, St. Vital, Red River; died 13 December 1902; buried 17 December 1902, St. Boniface.
– sp. DELORME, Genviève. Born c. 1825/1827; died 2 February 1875.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Leon. Born 24 June 1848.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, André. Born 20 November 1853.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Prisceille. Born 1859.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Marie Vitaline. Born 24 June 1863.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Adelaide. Born 24 June 1863.
3. BEAUCHEMIN, Alexandre. Born 18 October 1868.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, Marie. Born 10 December 1827 at St. Boniface.
– sp. LARENCE/LARANCE/LARONCE/LAURENCE/LA RANCE, Jean-Baptiste. Born c. 1828 to Jean-Baptiste Larence and Louise Montagnaise; died 25 May 1864.
3. LARENCE, Esther. Born 22 January 1851 at St. Boniface; married 22 January 1867 at St. Boniface, Manitoba.
– sp. MARION, François.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, Adelaide. Born 8 March 1835.
– sp. DELORME, Pierre.
2. BEAUCHEMIN, Philomene. Born 23 July 1843.
– sp. CARRIER, Adrien.
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[Credit: The original research on which this page is based was commissioned for the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia Project, by Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Manitoba. The current page is presented gratis -- I have no funding from any agency.]







