Pierre BERTHELET

(b. 15 April 1746 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1830 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BERTHELET was born 15 April 1746 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre BERTHELET was the child of François BERTHELET and Jeanne-Anne BOULARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine BERTHELET dit SAVOYARD and Jeanne CHARTIER (maternal) Paul BOULARD dit CAMBRAI and Marie-Anne ANDEGRAVE

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

Pierre married Marie-Marguerite VIGER 2 February 1779 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Marguerite VIGER was born 27 December 1757 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Marguerite died 17 August 1834 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite was the child of François VIGER and Marie-Josephe CHENIER.

Pierre BERTHELET died 2 January 1830 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

photo/ portrait (above) from nosorigines.qc.ca

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Occupation

Pierre BERTHELET was a Marchand.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Journey Through Time: Life as a Marchand in 18th Century New France

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.

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