Pierre CARREROT (CARRETOT)

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abt. 1668 , France

Died

2 May 1732 , Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

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Born: abt. 1668 in France

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Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1690.

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Pierre married Marie PICQ (TOMPIQUE) abt. 1690 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie PICQ (TOMPIQUE) was born abt. 1672 in France. Marie died 28 December 1732 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island).

Pierre CARREROT (CARRETOT) died 2 May 1732 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie .
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Recorded occupation: settler and fisherman, keeper of stores at Placentia (Plaisance) and on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), receiver of dues at the admiralty court of Louisbourg

The pêcheur d'anguille, or eel fisherman, was a person who caught eels either for personal consumption or for sale. Eel fishing was practiced mainly in the St. Lawrence, but also in the Richelieu River, Lake St. Pierre, near L'Islet and Kamouraska.

Fishing was the first resource of early inhabitants, as they waited for their land to be cleared and start producing wheat.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Pierre CARREROT (CARRETOT) married

Marie PICQ (TOMPIQUE)
Marriage date: abt. 1690
Marriage place: , Canada

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Pierre Andre CARREROT dit PAREROUL

Born: abt. 1696, , Canada
Died: 20 November 1749, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

Married: Marie-Josephe CHERON 27 June 1725

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CARREROT, PIERRE, settler and fisherman, keeper of stores at Placentia (Plaisance) and on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), receiver of dues at the admiralty court of Louisbourg; b. c. 1667 at Bayonne; d. 1732 at Louisbourg.

Carrerot, who had been established at Placentia at least since 1690, married that same year Marie, widow of a certain Charpentier and daughter of Thomas Picq (also written Piet and Pitt), who came originally from England. In 1702 Carrerot received a commission as keeper of stores, a function that he had been fulfilling since 1692. He was the holder of five tracts of land with houses and fishing rooms, and regularly employed between 10 and 20 men who served as sailors and fishermen; this made him one of the most important settlers in the colony. When he went to Île Royale, he worked his fishing concession at La Baleine (Baleine Cove), where in 1717 he employed as many as 27 men, but he seems gradually to have abandoned fishing in order to support his sons in...Read full story

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003