Charles
DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE
(b.
25 September 1753
,
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
d.
15 May 1831
,
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
)
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Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE was born 25 September 1753 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE was the child of Francois DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Anne BIRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUBOIS and Marie-Anne LAMBERT (maternal) Etienne BIRON and Marie-Anne HOUDESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Charles married Louise DUPLESSIS 7 February 1781 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louise DUPLESSIS was born 14 September 1746 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Louise died 11 May 1793 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Louise was the child of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE.
Charles married (2) Euphrosine GARCEAU 13 February 1804 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine GARCEAU was born 3 March 1779 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Euphrosine was the child of Charles GARCEAU and Josephte GRENIER.
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE died 15 May 1831 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
m. Duplessis Louise
m. Garceau Euphrosine
Details of the family tree of Charles appear below.
Occupation
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 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
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 changesFrom 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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