Pierre CASGRAIN

(b. 16 June 1771 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 November 1828 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CASGRAIN was born 16 June 1771 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre CASGRAIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASGRAIN and Marguerite CAZAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CAZAULT and Marie-Madeleine VOYER

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

Pierre married Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT 27 July 1790 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT was born 11 February 1776 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Marguerite died 13 March 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONENFANT and Marie-Josephte COTE.

Pierre CASGRAIN died 17 November 1828 in Québec, Lower Canada .

portrait (above) from nosorigines.qc.ca

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Occupation

Pierre CASGRAIN was a Seigneur de Rivière-Ouelle.

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.

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 CASGRAIN was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

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

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