Louis CREPEAU

Born

29 May 1745 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

12 July 1825 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste CRÉPEAU Marie-Anne GOULET

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Born: 29 May 1745 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste CRÉPEAU

Mother: Marie-Anne GOULET

Paternal grandparents: Maurice CRÉPEAU , Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Maternal grandparents: Louis GOULET , Marie-Anne QUENTIN

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

Louis married Josephte BUSSIERE 24 September 1770 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte BUSSIERE was born 22 March 1753 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 15 April 1824 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste BUSSIERE and Marie-Josephte POIRE.

Louis CREPEAU died 12 July 1825 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 Louis CREPEAU

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Louis CREPEAU married

Josephte BUSSIERE
Marriage date: 24 September 1770
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte BUSSIERE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BUSSIERE and Marie-Josephte POIRE

Children of Louis CREPEAU and Josephte BUSSIERE

Josephte CREPEAU

Born: 21 January 1774, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 April 1814, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: François BOUCHER 12 November 1798 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1745
29 May 1745
Saint-Pierre-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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Louis CREPEAU and Josephte BUSSIERE 24 September 1770, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 25 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Josephte CREPEAU was born 21 January 1774, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 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.