Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE

(b. 26 January 1716 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1783 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE was born 26 January 1716 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Maurice DERY (D'HERY) and Madeleine PHILIPPEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise LAVALLEE (VALLEE) 6 February 1747 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise LAVALLEE (VALLEE) was born 20 April 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 6 July 1798 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis-Charles VALLEE and Geneviève MARCOUX.

Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE died 15 October 1783 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Vallee Marie-Louise

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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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-Louise LAVALLEE (VALLEE)-- Date: 6 February 1747 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LAVALLEE (VALLEE) was the child of Louis-Charles VALLEE and Geneviève MARCOUX

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1716 Birth
26 January 1716
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Louise LAVALLEE (VALLEE) 6 February 1747, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 31 years old.

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.

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.