Joseph MASSIA dit CHATOUTEAU

Born

19 November 1740 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

15 January 1812 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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Paul Mathias TSIHEME dit MASSIA Angélique HUNAULT (HUNEAULT)

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Born: 19 November 1740 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Paul Mathias TSIHEME dit MASSIA

Mother: Angélique HUNAULT (HUNEAULT)

Paternal grandparents: René TSIHEME , Anne MOUFLET

Maternal grandparents: Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS , Étiennette PAQUET (PASQUIER)

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

Joseph married Ursule LALONDE 21 September 1767 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule LALONDE was born 25 August 1749 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Ursule died 11 January 1837 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac). Ursule was the child of François LALONDE and Elisabeth RHEAUME.

Joseph MASSIA dit CHATOUTEAU died 15 January 1812 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada .
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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

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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Joseph MASSIA dit CHATOUTEAU married

Ursule LALONDE
Marriage date: 21 September 1767
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Ursule LALONDE was the child of François LALONDE and Elisabeth RHEAUME

Children of Joseph MASSIA dit CHATOUTEAU and Ursule LALONDE

Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle MASSIA

Born: 1 March 1780, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 March 1840, St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Lower Canada

Married: Ignace-Elzear TREMBLAY (TROMBLEY) 30 April 1811

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Birth — 1740
19 November 1740
Lachine, Montréal, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MASSIA dit CHATOUTEAU and Ursule LALONDE 21 September 1767, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 26 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle MASSIA was born 1 March 1780, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)