Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE

(b. abt. 1762 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 September 1827 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE was the child of Etienne DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Louise-Catherine BERGERON (maternal) Joseph MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Ursule EMERY dite CODERRE

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

Pierre married Marguerite MARTIN 19 June 1797 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MARTIN was born 14 September 1778 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 31 July 1832 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marguerite was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Marguerite LEBLANC.

Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE died 27 September 1827 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 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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Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE married

Marguerite MARTIN-- Date: 19 June 1797 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite MARTIN was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Marguerite LEBLANC

Children of Pierre DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite MARTIN:

Paul DESAUTELS (b.abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Rose TURCOTTE (TURCOT) 23 October 1832 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

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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.