Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS

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28 October 1796 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Gabriel DUQUET Marie Anne UNKNOWN

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Born: 28 October 1796 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Gabriel DUQUET

Mother: Marie Anne UNKNOWN

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel DUQUET , Marie-Josephte MARCHAND

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Francois-Xavier married Anathalie VALLEE 24 October 1854 in Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anathalie VALLEE was born 16 September 1824 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Anathalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste VALLEE and Archange NADEAU.

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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 Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS

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Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS married

Anathalie VALLEE
Marriage date: 24 October 1854
Marriage place: Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin, Quebec, Canada

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Anathalie VALLEE was the child of Jean-Baptiste VALLEE and Archange NADEAU

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Children of Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS and Anathalie VALLEE

Emilie DUQUET dite DESROCHERS

Born: 13 May 1859, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Canada East
Died: 29 March 1939, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Abel TREMBLAY 27 September 1904 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1796
28 October 1796
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

1854 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier DUQUET dit DESROCHERS and Anathalie VALLEE 24 October 1854, Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin, Quebec, Canada

He was 58 years old.

1859 Birth of Child
Emilie DUQUET dite DESROCHERS was born 13 May 1859, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon)

Francois-Xavier was 62 years old.

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