Pierre
POIRIER
(b.
2 December 1743
,
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
d.
26 November 1825
,
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre POIRIER was born 2 December 1743 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Pierre POIRIER was the child of Pierre POIRIER and Marguerite ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis POIRIER and Cecile MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVAREPierre POIRIER died 26 November 1825 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
m. Leblanc Marie-Marguerite
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Occupation
Pierre POIRIER 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
Pierre POIRIER 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
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.
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1743 Birth 2 December 1743
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
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.
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.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1825 Death 26 November 1825
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 82.
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