Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY

(b. 20 October 1751 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1820 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY was born 20 October 1751 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Marie-Marguerite RATTÉ (RATE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CHATIGNY and Angélique MARTIN (maternal) Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

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

Pierre-Laurent married Marie-Reine PARADIS 11 August 1783 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine PARADIS was born 17 August 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine died 5 March 1839 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine was the child of Charles-François PARADIS and Marie-Reine RATTÉ (RATE).

Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY died 5 September 1820 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY 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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Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY married

Marie-Reine PARADIS-- Date: 11 August 1783 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Reine PARADIS was the child of Charles-François PARADIS and Marie-Reine RATTÉ (RATE)

Children of Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY and Marie-Reine PARADIS:

Pierre CHATIGNY (b.21 March 1788, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 February 1854, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East)
m. Constance PARADIS 16 November 1812 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1751 Birth
20 October 1751
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Laurent CHATIGNY and Marie-Reine PARADIS 11 August 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Pierre CHATIGNY was born 21 March 1788, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Laurent was 36 years old.

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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Pierre CHATIGNY married 16 November 1812, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Constance PARADIS

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.