Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Born

30 March 1768 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 December 1857 , Maskinongé, Canada East

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Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE Marie-Felicite CADOT

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Born: 30 March 1768 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Mother: Marie-Felicite CADOT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE , Marie-Louise-Josephte MASSON

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin CADOT , Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE)

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Claude married Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL 5 February 1798 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL was born 20 July 1773 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Genevieve died 8 May 1812 Genevieve was the child of Samuel Charles NUHALTE dit TISDEL NOEL and Marie-Catherine GUILBAULT.

Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE died 20 December 1857 in Maskinongé, Canada East .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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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.

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)

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

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Spouse & Children of Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

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Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE married

Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL
Marriage date: 5 February 1798
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL was the child of Samuel Charles NUHALTE dit TISDEL NOEL and Marie-Catherine GUILBAULT

Children of Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL

Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE

Born: 1 January 1803, Louiseville, Lower Canada
Died: 8 October 1891, St-Paulin de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN 17 May 1830 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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Birth — 1768
30 March 1768
Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL 5 February 1798, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 29 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE was born 1 January 1803, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Claude was 34 years old.

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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage of Child
Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE married 17 May 1830, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.