Joseph LEMIEUX

(b. 7 April 1757 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1813 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEMIEUX was born 7 April 1757 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Joseph LEMIEUX was the child of Joseph-Gregoire LEMIEUX and Marie-Josephte AUBE dite LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne BLAIS (maternal) Andre AUBE dit LANGLOIS and Genevieve FRADET

Joseph had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Joseph LEMIEUX died 23 November 1813 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada .

m. Roy Basilisse

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Occupation

Joseph LEMIEUX 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

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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.

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1757 Birth
7 April 1757
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

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.

Revolutionary War
LEMIEUX, Joseph, fils. Berthier. Member of pro-rebel guard post (BTW).
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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.