Joseph-Marie
DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR
(b.
4 December 1750
,
Yamachiche, Canada, New France
d.
20 April 1807
,
Louiseville, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph-Marie DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR was born 4 December 1750 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Joseph-Marie DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR and Marguerite LAMY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Marie-Elisabeth RIVARD dite LAVIGNE (maternal) Etienne LAMY and Marguerite BLAISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Marie married Marguerite TESSIER 11 February 1782 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite TESSIER was born 25 April 1764 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite died 23 January 1834 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé). Marguerite was the child of Pierre TESSIER and Marguerite GÉLINAS.
Joseph-Marie DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR died 20 April 1807 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .
m. Tessier Marguerite
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Occupation
Joseph-Marie DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR 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
Joseph-Marie DESAULNIERS dit LESIEUR 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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