Laurent LABRECQUE

Born

30 March 1749 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

24 June 1825 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Laurent LABRECQUE Marie-Marguerite DUMAS

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Born: 30 March 1749 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Laurent LABRECQUE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite DUMAS

Paternal grandparents: Jacques LABRECQUE , Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

Maternal grandparents: François DUMAS , Marguerite ROULEAU

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Laurent married Genevieve DUFRESNE 17 January 1785 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve DUFRESNE was born 2 March 1761 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Genevieve died 8 May 1830 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte LECLERC.

Laurent LABRECQUE died 24 June 1825 in Saint-Laurent-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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Laurent LABRECQUE married

Genevieve DUFRESNE
Marriage date: 17 January 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve DUFRESNE was the child of Joseph DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte LECLERC

Children of Laurent LABRECQUE and Genevieve DUFRESNE

Laurent LABRECQUE

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 March 1862, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

Married: Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE 24 July 1815 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1749
30 March 1749
Saint-Laurent-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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Laurent LABRECQUE and Genevieve DUFRESNE 17 January 1785, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 35 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)

1815 Marriage of Child
Laurent LABRECQUE married 24 July 1815, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie-Basilisse THIVIERGE

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)