Jean-Abraham PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR

Born

30 October 1773 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 June 1823 , Repentigny, Lower Canada

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Charles PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR Marie-Angélique LAREAU

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Born: 30 October 1773 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR

Mother: Marie-Angélique LAREAU

Paternal grandparents: François PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR , Anne-Françoise BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN)

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAREAU , Marie-Anne NORMAND

Jean-Abraham PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR died 9 June 1823 in Repentigny, Lower Canada .

m. Marsan Marie
17 October 1796
L'assomption, Quebec

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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)

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Birth — 1773
30 October 1773
Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada

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