Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE

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abt. 1770 , Québec Province, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY

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Born: abt. 1770 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY

Paternal grandparents: Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE , Marie-Anne OUELLET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste-François CHOISY dit DESENNEY , Ursule ROBIN

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Joseph married Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 4 November 1794 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 12 November 1767 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Theotiste died 17 April 1844 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Theotiste was the child of Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER.

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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 PINEL dit LAFRANCE married

Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT
Marriage date: 4 November 1794
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Children of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Born: 22 April 1804, La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Died: 13 June 1865, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

Married: Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE 16 October 1827 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1794 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 4 November 1794, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)