Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 3 July 1739 , Les Cèdres, Canada, New France d. 12 July 1798 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE was born 3 July 1739 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France

Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jacques LEGROS and Genevieve LEROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie BUET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Louise CHAUSSE dite LAUZET

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

Joseph married Josephte LALONDE 22 January 1787 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LALONDE was born 1 April 1748 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 22 January 1824 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Josephte was the child of Louis LALONDE and Louise PICARD.

Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE died 12 July 1798 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada .

m. Gignac Marie-Anne
m. Lalonde Josephte

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Occupation

Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE was a Cultivateur aux Cèdres.
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.

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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Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE married

Josephte LALONDE-- Date: 22 January 1787 Place: Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LALONDE was the child of Louis LALONDE and Louise PICARD

Children of Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE and Josephte LALONDE:

Alexis/Alexander LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE (b.May 31, 1790, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1875, Canton, New York, USA)
m. Josephte (Josette) PRIEUR dite ST LÉGER/ST LEDGER

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1739 Birth
3 July 1739
Les Cèdres, 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE and Josephte LALONDE 22 January 1787, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 47 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Alexis/Alexander LEGROS dit LAVIOLETTE was born May 31, 1790, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Joseph was 50 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)