Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS

(b. 16 December 1791 , Batiscan, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1844 , Champlain, Canada East )

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Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS was born 16 December 1791 in Batiscan, Lower Canada

Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS was the child of Joseph-Louis DUCLOS dit CARIGNAN and Marguerite GUILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUCLOS and Marie-Anne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (maternal) Louis GUILLET and Elisabeth DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF

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

Pierre married Josephte TURCOTTE 7 January 1823 in Champlain, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte TURCOTTE was born 1 September 1796 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Josephte died 14 April 1890 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Josephte was the child of Joseph TURCOTTE and Josephte LEPELLE dite LAMOTHE.

Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS died 4 September 1844 in Champlain, Canada East .
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Occupation

Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS 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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Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS married

Josephte TURCOTTE-- Date: 7 January 1823 Place: Champlain, Lower Canada
Josephte TURCOTTE was the child of Joseph TURCOTTE and Josephte LEPELLE dite LAMOTHE

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Children of Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS and Josephte TURCOTTE:

Joseph CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS (b.2 May 1828, Champlain, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1907, St-Luc-de-Vincennes, Quebec, Canada)
m. Rose-De-Lima LEBLANC 28 November 1848 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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1791 Birth
16 December 1791
Batiscan, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS and Josephte TURCOTTE 7 January 1823, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 31 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Joseph CARIGNAN dit DUCLOS was born 2 May 1828, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Pierre was 36 years old.

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

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)