Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD

Born

abt. 1604 , Bagneux, Picardie, France

Died

10 June 1653 , Cap-Rouge, Canada, New France

Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Born: abt. 1604 in Bagneux, Picardie, France

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Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1639.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Pierre married Marie-Madeleine CHARLOT 23 September 1626 in Soissons, Picardie, France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Madeleine CHARLOT was born abt. 1608 in Bagneux, Picardie, France. Marie-Madeleine died 29 January 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD died 10 June 1653 in Cap-Rouge, Canada, New France .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: habitant

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD was a habitant.
Habitants were usually farmers or labourers who were initially brought over from France to live on this land. They had to pay rent and taxes to the seigneur, though they co-owned the land with the seigneur, and even had to work entirely for the benefit of the seigneur a few days each year.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

Habitants played an essential role in creating a permanent, settled population along the St. Lawrence River. But it was not an easy life...

Habitants had to clear the land, build a homestead, and plant and harvest a crop. The first task was never-ending, while the last one was annual. Building and repairing the house and barn were continual tasks. So were cutting and hauling firewood. The habitants had to be largely self-reliant in looking after all routine tasks such as cooking, baking, making furniture, and repairing tools. They had to attend to the educational and medical needs of the family. They had to endure the harsh physical climate and rough terrain, largely unaided by government support. The habitants had to pay taxes to the seigneurs and the church.

Canada: The Story of Our Heritage by Elspeth Deir, John Fielding, Nick Brune, Peter Grant, Stephanie Smith Abram; McGraw-Hill Ryerson School, 2000

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD

Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD married

Marie-Madeleine CHARLOT
Marriage date: 23 September 1626
Marriage place: Soissons, Picardie, France

Children of Pierre GAREMAN dit LEPICARD and Marie-Madeleine CHARLOT

Marie-Josephe-Florence GAREMAN dite LEPICARD

Born: abt. 1629, Bagneux, Aisne, France
Died: 23 July 1686, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: François BOUCHER 03 September 1641 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Nicole-Madeleine GAREMAN

Born: abt. 1631, , France
Died: 10 April 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Married: René MEZERAY dit NOPCES 14 September 1645 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marguerite GAREMAN

Born: 10 December 1639, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 20 September 1699, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Mathurin TRUT 29 January 1652 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Charles GAREMAN

Born: 27 March 1643, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1676, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Marie GONNENTENNE 1676

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Pierre Gareman

From sites.rapidus.net/ mirobert/ DUBEAU%20anc.pdf (loosely translated to English)

Pierre Gareman dit LePicard

Gareman Pierre, a native of Bagneux, in the borough Soissons in Picardy. He married to 1628, in Bagneux, Madeleine Charlot, also a native of Bayeux, in Picardy.

The couple is in New France with two of their children before the birth of a third in 1639 in Quebec City.

The eldest, Florence Gareman, born around 1629, married on 3 September 1641, the ancestor François Boucher, who came with his father, Marin Boucher, a native of St-Jean de Mortagne, Perche. A son 'Charles' of Florence and François Boucher Gareman bind us with my grandfather BOUCHER.

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Sister: came to New France with his parents, Nicole Gareman, born around 1631. She married on 14 September 1645, the ancestor Mezeray René dit Nopces, born around 1620, in Normandy and the widower of Helen Chatel.

Three children of Mezeray / Gareman weave links to us.

The first child, a daughter,

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