Joseph BRETON dit ELIE

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27 June 1805 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Died

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Augustin ELIE dit BRETON Marguerite FOUCHER

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Joseph BRETON dit ELIE was born 27 June 1805 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Joseph BRETON dit ELIE was the child of Augustin ELIE dit BRETON and Marguerite FOUCHER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne VACHON (maternal) Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie-Gertrude PICHET

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 25 October 1825 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Josephte JACQUES dite HENRI.

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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 BRETON dit ELIE married

Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME
Marriage date: 25 October 1825
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was the child of Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Josephte JACQUES dite HENRI

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Children of Joseph BRETON dit ELIE and Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

Marie BRETON dite ELIE

Born: 10 December 1828, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Philibert TREMBLAY 16 November 1861 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1805 Birth
27 June 1805
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRETON dit ELIE and Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 25 October 1825, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 20 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Marie BRETON dite ELIE was born 10 December 1828, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 23 years old.

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