Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY

Born

20 October 1751 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

5 September 1820 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Pierre CHATIGNY Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE)

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Born: 20 October 1751 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre CHATIGNY

Mother: Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre CHATIGNY , Angélique MARTIN

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume RATTÉ , Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre-Laurent married Marie-Reine PARADIS 11 August 1783 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine PARADIS was born 17 August 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine died 5 March 1839 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine was the child of Charles-François PARADIS and Marie-Reine RATTÉ (RATE).

Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY died 5 September 1820 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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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.

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Spouse & Children of Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY

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Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY married

Marie-Reine PARADIS
Marriage date: 11 August 1783
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Reine PARADIS was the child of Charles-François PARADIS and Marie-Reine RATTÉ (RATE)

Children of Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY and Marie-Reine PARADIS

Pierre CHATIGNY

Born: 21 March 1788, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 February 1854, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

Married: Constance PARADIS 16 November 1812 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1751
20 October 1751
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY and Marie-Reine PARADIS 11 August 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Pierre CHATIGNY was born 21 March 1788, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Laurent was 36 years old.

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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Pierre CHATIGNY married 16 November 1812, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Constance PARADIS

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.