Jean-Baptiste
PION dit LAFONTAINE
(b.
16 November 1777
,
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
24 October 1839
,
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 16 November 1777 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Archange CASAVANT dite LADEBAUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN (maternal) Joseph CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE and Françoise DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIXJean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE died 24 October 1839 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada .
m. Renaud Marguerite
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Occupation
Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE 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
Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE 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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