René
MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF
(b.
11 March 1721
,
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
d.
27 July 1797
,
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
)
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René MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF was born 11 March 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
René MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF was the child of René MENEUX and Elisabeth ROCHON (ROCHERON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marguerite PEUVRIER (maternal) Gervais ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Marie-Madeleine GUYONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
René married Louise BILODEAU 21 August 1747 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Louise BILODEAU was born 6 September 1722 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louise died 14 September 1788 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Louise was the child of Jean BILODEAU and Marie TURGEON.
René MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF died 27 July 1797 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .
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Occupation
René MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF 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
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
René MENEU dit CHATEAUNEUF 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
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 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.
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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