Pierre DEBLOIS

(b. 20 April 1722 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 December 1808 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DEBLOIS was born 20 April 1722 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre DEBLOIS was the child of Germain DEBLOIS and Marie DUPONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gregoire DEBLOIS and Françoise VIGER (maternal) François DUPONT and Suzanne JARON (JAREL)

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

Pierre married Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU 1 February 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU was born 5 April 1728 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 14 March 1800 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of Louis LETOURNEAU and Agathe GUYON.

Pierre DEBLOIS died 21 December 1808 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre DEBLOIS 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.

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Pierre DEBLOIS married

Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU-- Date: 1 February 1745 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU was the child of Louis LETOURNEAU and Agathe GUYON

Children of Pierre DEBLOIS and Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU:

Pierre-Chrysologue DEBLOIS (b.12 April 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 March 1820, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique GIGUERE 7 February 1780 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1722 Birth
20 April 1722
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DEBLOIS and Marie-Catherine LETOURNEAU 1 February 1745, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Pierre-Chrysologue DEBLOIS was born 12 April 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 42 years old.

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.