Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE

Born

21 May 1735 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

19 September 1796 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE Charlotte-Ursule ALLARD

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Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE was born 21 May 1735 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE was the child of Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Charlotte-Ursule ALLARD

and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Anne LEROUX (maternal) François-Jean ALLARD and Ursule TARDIF

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Joseph married Marie-Louise MOREL 23 June 1767 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MOREL was born 29 December 1745 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 6 December 1828 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean MOREL and Marie-Genevieve PARADIS.

Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE died 19 September 1796 in Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE was a 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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Marie-Louise MOREL-- Date: 23 June 1767 Place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise MOREL was the child of Jean MOREL and Marie-Genevieve PARADIS

Children of Joseph LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Louise MOREL

Charlotte LAMOTHE dite LARAMEE (b.23 October 1772, Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1823, Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre BOUTET dit LEBOEUF 26 June 1792 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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1735 Birth
21 May 1735
Beauport, Québec, 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 LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Louise MOREL 23 June 1767, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 32 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Charlotte LAMOTHE dite LARAMEE was born 23 October 1772, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Joseph was 37 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.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Charlotte LAMOTHE dite LARAMEE married 26 June 1792, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Pierre BOUTET dit LEBOEUF

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