Pierre LABRECQUE

(b. 8 September 1706 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1781 , Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LABRECQUE was born 8 September 1706 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Pierre LABRECQUE was the child of Mathurin LABRECQUE and Marie-Marthe LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LABRECQUE and Jeanne CHOTARD (maternal) Gabriel LEMIEUX and Marthe BEAUREGARD

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

Pierre married Marie PAQUET 21 June 1734 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie PAQUET was born 22 January 1719 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie died 28 November 1797 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie was the child of Etienne PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Anne ROY.

Pierre LABRECQUE died 17 March 1781 in Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre LABRECQUE 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

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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Family and Children of Pierre LABRECQUE

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Pierre LABRECQUE married

Marie PAQUET-- Date: 21 June 1734 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Marie PAQUET was the child of Etienne PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Anne ROY

Children of Pierre LABRECQUE and Marie PAQUET:

Pierre LABRECQUE (b.9 February 1736, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 20 February 1799, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Therese GALARD 7 January 1766 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Etienne LABRECQUE (b.12 April 1737, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angelique GUERET (QUERET) dite LATULIPPE 28 October 1764 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Louis LABRECQUE (b.4 October 1739, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 6 October 1783, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne GUERET 15 January 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1706 Birth
8 September 1706
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LABRECQUE and Marie PAQUET 21 June 1734, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 27 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Pierre LABRECQUE was born 9 February 1736, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Etienne LABRECQUE was born 12 April 1737, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Louis LABRECQUE was born 4 October 1739, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Etienne LABRECQUE married 28 October 1764, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Angelique GUERET (QUERET) dite LATULIPPE

1766 Marriage of Child
Pierre LABRECQUE married 7 January 1766, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Therese GALARD

1766 Marriage of Child
Louis LABRECQUE married 15 January 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne GUERET

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.