flag male ancestor  Claude  RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

  (b. 30 March 1768 Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 20 December 1857 Maskinongé, Canada East )  

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Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 30 March 1768 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was the child of Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE   and   Marie-Felicite CADOT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Louise-Josephte MASSON (maternal)  Mathurin CADOT and Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE)

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

Claude  married  Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL 5 February 1798 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL  was born 20 July 1773 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup).  Genevieve died 8 May 1812 Genevieve was the child of Samuel Charles NUHALTE dit TISDEL NOEL and Marie-Catherine GUILBAULT.

Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE died 20 December 1857 in Maskinongé, Canada East .
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Occupation

Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE 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
Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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