Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE

(b. 30 July 1753 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1829 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE was born 30 July 1753 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE was the child of Louis MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marie-Madeleine MARCIL (MARSIL) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marguerite BOURBON (maternal) Charles MARCIL (MARSIL) and Marie SURPRENANT dite LAFONTAINE

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

Pierre-Paul married Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA 19 February 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA was born 28 November 1759 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite died 8 November 1818 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite was the child of François-Marie BOURASSA and Agnès LEFEBVRE.

Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE died 21 July 1829 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE 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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Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA-- Date: 19 February 1781 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA was the child of François-Marie BOURASSA and Agnès LEFEBVRE

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1753 Birth
30 July 1753
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Paul MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA 19 February 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

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.

1818 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite BOURASSA died 8 November 1818, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 Death
21 July 1829
La Prairie, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 76.

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