Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS

(b. 22 May 1737 , Vaudreuil, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1796 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS was born 22 May 1737 in Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS was the child of François LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Geneviève RENAUD dite LANGLAIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean RENAUD dit LANGLAIS and Marguerite CHARBONNEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite LEROUX 10 February 1763 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite LEROUX was born 26 December 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite died 18 May 1808 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Angelique-Elisabeth LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE.

Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS died 16 February 1796 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS married

Marie-Marguerite LEROUX-- Date: 10 February 1763 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Marguerite LEROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Angelique-Elisabeth LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Marguerite LEROUX:

Geneviève DESROCHERS (b.5 February 1767, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 November 1839, St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jean-Francois BISSONNETTE 18 January 1785 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1737 Birth
22 May 1737
Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Marguerite LEROUX 10 February 1763, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Geneviève DESROCHERS was born 5 February 1767, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DESROCHERS married 18 January 1785, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Jean-Francois BISSONNETTE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)