Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER

(b. abt. 1739 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 July 1793 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER was born abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada

Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER was the child of Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Marie-Anne DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Pierre DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BARON dite LUPIEN

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

Alexis married Charlotte DESERRES 13 April 1761 in Maskinongé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte DESERRES was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte died 18 October 1829 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Charlotte was the child of Michel DESERRE and Marie-Anne TRULLIER dite LACOMBE.

Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER died 29 July 1793 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER 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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Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER married

Charlotte DESERRES-- Date: 13 April 1761 Place: Maskinongé, Canada
Charlotte DESERRES was the child of Michel DESERRE and Marie-Anne TRULLIER dite LACOMBE

Children of Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER and Charlotte DESERRES:

Charlotte LEMIRE dite GAUCHER (b.17 September 1765, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 November 1843, Maskinongé, Canada East )
m. Louis VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE 30 August 1790 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Alexis LEMIRE dit GAUCHER and Charlotte DESERRES 13 April 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEMIRE dite GAUCHER was born 17 September 1765, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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 of Child
Charlotte LEMIRE dite GAUCHER married 30 August 1790, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Louis VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE

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