Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS

Born

abt. 1782 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 September 1832 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

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Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS was born abt. 1782 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS was the child of Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Catherine RAVION dite BOISJOLY (maternal) Charles FORTIER and Geneviève NOEL

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Basile married Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY 4 August 1807 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY was born 18 November 1787 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Victoire died 7 November 1854 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Victoire was the child of Alexandre BAUCHER and Marie-Anne LECLERC.

Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS died 28 September 1832 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS 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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Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS married

Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY-- Date: 4 August 1807 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY was the child of Alexandre BAUCHER and Marie-Anne LECLERC

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Children of Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS and Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY

Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS (b.15 December 1809, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. 20 February 1889, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
m. Sophie BILODEAU 31 January 1837 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS and Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY 4 August 1807, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada