Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE)

(b. 17 December 1786 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 May 1839 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) was born 17 December 1786 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) was the child of Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PICHET and Marie-Madeleine PAILLE (maternal) Claude HÉBERT and Marguerite ROBICHAUD

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

Joseph married Catherine BELANGER 18 February 1805 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine BELANGER was born 3 April 1775 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Catherine died 25 April 1868 in Saint-Didace, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Jacques BELANGER and Marguerite LORD dite LAMONTAGNE.

Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) died 6 May 1839 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) 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.

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Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) married

Catherine BELANGER-- Date: 18 February 1805 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Catherine BELANGER was the child of Jacques BELANGER and Marguerite LORD dite LAMONTAGNE

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Children of Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) and Catherine BELANGER:

Louis PICHETTE (b.27 June 1807, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 October 1886, Saint-Didace, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Rose GODIN 19 July 1830 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1786 Birth
17 December 1786
Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PICHET (PICHETTE) and Catherine BELANGER 18 February 1805, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 18 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Louis PICHETTE was born 27 June 1807, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 20 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