flag male ancestor  Pierre  BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE

  (b. 13 February 1794 Lavaltrie, Lower Canada   d. 11 August 1869 Lanoraie, Québec, Canada )  

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Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was born 13 February 1794 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre-Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE   and   Marie-Josephte VANDAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Alexis BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Anne HÉNAULT (ENAUD) dite LAFRENIERE (FRESNIÈRE) (maternal)  Jacques VANDAL and Louise-Thérèse VENNE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre  married  Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX 11 August 1817 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Angéle (Angélique) DOIRON dite CADIEUX  was born 22 August 1794 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine).  Angéle (Angélique) died 8 April 1871 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie).  Angéle (Angélique) was the child of Alexandre DOIRON and Françoise ROY.

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE died 11 August 1869 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE 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

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Did You Know? 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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