Claude LEMIEUX

(b. 18 September 1755 , Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1827 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Claude LEMIEUX was born 18 September 1755 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Claude LEMIEUX was the child of Michel LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne BEGIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEMIEUX and Marguerite SAMSON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BEGIN and Louise CARRIER

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

Claude married Louise BELANGER 21 January 1782 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise BELANGER was born 6 March 1761 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Louise died 24 January 1846 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Louise was the child of Jacques BELANGER and Jeanne PROTEAU.

Claude LEMIEUX died 13 April 1827 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Claude LEMIEUX 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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Claude LEMIEUX married

Louise BELANGER-- Date: 21 January 1782 Place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise BELANGER was the child of Jacques BELANGER and Jeanne PROTEAU

Children of Claude LEMIEUX and Louise BELANGER:

Marie-Anne LEMIEUX (b.11 September 1784, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph DELISLE 22 November 1808 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Antoine LEMIEUX (b.29 October 1787, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 September 1871, Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire-Levis, Levis, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Catherine MORIN 6 July 1819 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1755 Birth
18 September 1755
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Claude LEMIEUX and Louise BELANGER 21 January 1782, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEMIEUX was born 11 September 1784, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Claude was 29 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Antoine LEMIEUX was born 29 October 1787, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Claude was 32 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)

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LEMIEUX married 22 November 1808, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Joseph DELISLE

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEMIEUX married 6 July 1819, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Marie-Catherine MORIN

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)