Joseph VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE

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10 March 1726 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Jean VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE Marie GODEAU

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Born: 10 March 1726 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jean VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother: Marie GODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Étienne GODEAU , Marie-Françoise SIMON

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

Joseph married Suzanne SOUCHEREAU 19 February 1753 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne SOUCHEREAU was born 10 September 1735 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Suzanne died 29 August 1805 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Suzanne was the child of Jacques SOUCHEREAU dit LANGOUMOIS and Suzanne GAUTHIER.

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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

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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Spouse & Children of Joseph VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE

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Joseph VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE married

Suzanne SOUCHEREAU
Marriage date: 19 February 1753
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Canada, New France
Suzanne SOUCHEREAU was the child of Jacques SOUCHEREAU dit LANGOUMOIS and Suzanne GAUTHIER

Children of Joseph VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE and Suzanne SOUCHEREAU

Louise VALADE dite LAJEUNESSE

Born: 6 February 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: François BALLARD dit LATOUR 9 January 1780 Place: Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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Birth — 1726
10 March 1726
Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VALADE dit LAJEUNESSE and Suzanne SOUCHEREAU 19 February 1753, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Louise VALADE dite LAJEUNESSE was born 6 February 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 32 years old.

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