Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER

(b. 27 August 1733 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1809 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER was born 27 August 1733 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Rose LALONDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Clémence JARRY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LALONDE and Jeanne GERVAIS

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

Joseph-Amable married Pelagie LEDUC 12 January 1756 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pelagie LEDUC was born 19 February 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Pelagie died 23 November 1811 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Pelagie was the child of Pierre LEDUC and Pelagie TOUGAS dite LAVIOLETTE.

Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER died 26 March 1809 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER 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.

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Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER married

Pelagie LEDUC-- Date: 12 January 1756 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Pelagie LEDUC was the child of Pierre LEDUC and Pelagie TOUGAS dite LAVIOLETTE

Children of Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER and Pelagie LEDUC:

Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER (b.14 August 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1841, Vaudreuil, Canada East )
m. Veronique SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 3 July 1780 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Pelagie GAUTHIER (b.22 February 1761, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada d. 7 February 1837, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre CASTONGUAY 20 October 1777 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1733 Birth
27 August 1733
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER and Pelagie LEDUC 12 January 1756, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER was born 14 August 1759, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Amable was 25 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Pelagie GAUTHIER was born 22 February 1761, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Amable was 27 years old.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Pelagie GAUTHIER married 20 October 1777, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion) to Pierre CASTONGUAY

1780 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Amable GAUTHIER married 3 July 1780, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion) to Veronique SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

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)