Joseph
RAJOTTE
Born
5 December 1824
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
,
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Born: 5 December 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Father:
Joseph RAJOTTE
Mother:
Marie-Reine PAUL HUS
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph RAJOTTE (RAGEOT)
, Françoise PIZANNE
Maternal grandparents:
Joseph HUS PAUL LATRAVERSE
, Pélagie LAVALLÉE
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Scholastique SALVAIL 23 January 1849 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Scholastique SALVAIL was born 22 January 1825 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Scholastique died 8 February 1898 Scholastique was the child of Pierre SALVAIL and Marie-Josephe OSSANT (AUSSAN).
WORK & OCCUPATION
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Recorded occupation: 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
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
Spouse & Children of Joseph RAJOTTE
Joseph RAJOTTE married 
Scholastique SALVAIL
Marriage date: 23 January 1849
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Scholastique SALVAIL was the child of Pierre SALVAIL and Marie-Josephe OSSANT (AUSSAN)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Scholastique SALVAILMarriage date: 23 January 1849
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Scholastique SALVAIL was the child of Pierre SALVAIL and Marie-Josephe OSSANT (AUSSAN)
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph RAJOTTE and Scholastique SALVAIL
Joseph-Napoleon RAJOTTE
Born: 16 August 1852, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 5 February 1935, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 5 February 1935, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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Birth — 18245 December 1824
Sorel, Lower Canada
1849 Marriage / PartnerJoseph RAJOTTE and Scholastique SALVAIL 23 January 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 24 years old.
1850 Birth of ChildNazaire RAJOTTE was born 6 May 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 25 years old.
1852 Birth of ChildJoseph-Napoleon RAJOTTE was born 16 August 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 27 years old.
1854 Birth of ChildPierre RAJOTTE was born 22 October 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 29 years old.
1857 Birth of ChildMarie RAJOTTE was born 11 May 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 32 years old.
1859 Birth of ChildAdele RAJOTTE was born 8 July 1859, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 34 years old.
1861 Birth of ChildOlivier RAJOTTE was born 19 November 1861, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 36 years old.
1864 Birth of ChildDamase RAJOTTE was born 14 February 1864, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)
Joseph was 39 years old.
1866 Birth of ChildOctavie RAJOTTE was born 28 August 1866, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Joseph was 41 years old.
1870 Birth of ChildMarie-Rose-Anna RAJOTTE was born 25 September 1870, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Joseph was 45 years old.
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