Pierre CASGRAIN

(b. 16 June 1771 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 November 1828 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CASGRAIN was born 16 June 1771 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre CASGRAIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASGRAIN and Marguerite CAZAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CAZAULT and Marie-Madeleine VOYER

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Pierre married Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT 27 July 1790 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT was born 11 February 1776 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Marguerite died 13 March 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONENFANT and Marie-Josephte COTE.

Pierre CASGRAIN died 17 November 1828 in Québec, Lower Canada .

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Occupation

Pierre CASGRAIN was a Seigneur de Rivière-Ouelle.

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 - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Pierre CASGRAIN was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

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Pierre CASGRAIN married

Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT-- Date: 27 July 1790 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONENFANT and Marie-Josephte COTE

Children of Pierre CASGRAIN and Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT:

Justine CASGRAIN (b.19 April 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1882, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre BEAUBIEN 11 May 1829 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1771 Birth
16 June 1771
Québec Province, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CASGRAIN and Marie-Marguerite BONENFANT 27 July 1790, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 19 years old.

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)

1804 Birth of Child
Justine CASGRAIN was born 19 April 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 32 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