Louis ELIE dit BRETON

(b. abt. 1766 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 July 1844 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada East )

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Louis ELIE dit BRETON was born abt. 1766 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis ELIE dit BRETON was the child of Augustin ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Marie SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Louise CASSE (LACASSE) (maternal) Etienne SIMARD and Marie-Josephte POULIN

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

Louis married Marie-Josephte FOUGERE 22 January 1799 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte FOUGERE was born 22 April 1773 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 26 May 1831 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Jacques FOUGERE and Josephte CAUCHON.

Louis ELIE dit BRETON died 22 July 1844 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada East.
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Occupation

Louis ELIE dit BRETON 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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Louis ELIE dit BRETON married

Marie-Josephte FOUGERE-- Date: 22 January 1799 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte FOUGERE was the child of Jacques FOUGERE and Josephte CAUCHON

Children of Louis ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte FOUGERE:

Theotiste ELIE dite BRETON (b.abt. 1806, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre FILION 13 February 1827 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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