Pierre RACINE

Born

20 January 1776 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 November 1851 , St-Ferréol les Neiges, Quebec, Canada

Pierre married Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE 8 November 1802 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 5 March 1785 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada . Françoise was the child of Jean-Marie-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Charlotte BLOUIN .

Parents & Family of Pierre RACINE

Parents of Pierre RACINE

Father

Charles-Jerome RACINE

Mother

Josephte PARE

Grandparents of Pierre RACINE

Paternal grandparents

Louis RACINE Antoinette-Anne BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents

Pierre PARÉ Marie-Anne RACINE

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre RACINE

Pierre RACINE married

Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE
Marriage date: 8 November 1802
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Jean-Marie-Baptiste PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Marie-Charlotte BLOUIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre RACINE and Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Marie RACINE

Born: abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 25 February 1838

Madeleine RACINE

Born: 16 September 1818, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada
Died: 22 March 1887, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

Married: Augustin LABRECQUE 22 January 1844 Place: Québec, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1776
20 January 1776
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RACINE and Françoise PEPIN dite LACHANCE 8 November 1802, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 26 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Madeleine RACINE was born 16 September 1818, St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 42 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England