18th CENTURY FOOTPRINTS
INTRODUCTION
Each of our ancestor’s footprints include the life events of birth, marriage, children and ultimately death. A family history blog such as this one, attempts to add more to our ancestors life journeys. But to start with these web pages will provide the life events in a summary format. On this page I have outlined 18th century footprints for my ancestors. This background information (ancestral data) for the many footprints of my ancestors can be found in the tables that have been prepared by century, ancestral line and ancestor.
Maps that document the marriage locations for each ancestor have also been prepared. For many of my ancestors the remainder of their lives played out either at the same location or very close.
MARRIAGE LOCATION MAPS AND ANCESTRAL DATA SUMMARY TABLES
During the 18th Century my ancestors left footprints in 3 areas of present day Quebec:
Map 1A: This map provides location perspective for map 1B. The marriage locations for my ancestors are referenced to the present day administrative regions of Quebec.
Map 1B: 18th Century Marriage Locations for some of my ancestors. Refer to the table below for ancestral data summary.
Map 2: 18th Century Marriage Locations for some of my ancestors. Refer to the table below for ancestral data summary.
Map 3: 18th Century Marriage Locations for some of my ancestors. Refer to the table below for ancestral data summary.
18th CENTURY CENSUS DATA FOR SOME OF MY ANCESTORS
The Province of Quebec Archivist Report dated 1926, includes 1762 census data for specific parishes within the Quebec governmental administration of that era. The 1762 census was done by the head of the household, it includes a snapshot of the family along with the amount of land cleared and seeded, as well details for the farm animals owned by the family. Census data for 2 of my ancestors is presented below.
1762 CENSUS DATA for Pierre Dalaire (my 5th ggf)
In the year 1762 Pierre is residing in St. Francois Du Sud, he is married to Marie Nolin with 6 children living at home, there is one female domestic servant. Pierre has 3 arpens of bare land (fallow) and 30 arpens of land that were sowed in 1762. He has 2 oxen, 2 cows, 3 sheep, 2 horses and 4 pigs.
1762 CENSUS DATA for Joseph Duplessis In the year 1762, Joseph is residing in Kamouraska with his wife Marie Louise Levasseur (my 5th great grandmother) and 5 children. There were 4 strangers counted in his home (perhaps he was boarding some soldiers). Joseph has 10 arpens of land and no arpens that were seeded during the year 1762. He has 2 cows, 2 sheep, 1 horse and 3 pigs.
The Province of Quebec Archivist Report dated 1936 includes 1765 census data for specific parishes within the Montreal and Trois Riviere governmental administration of that era. It is similar to the 1762 census, a snapshot of the head of household and his family farm is presented. Census data for 2 of my ancestors is presented below.
1765 CENSUS DATA for Hyacinthe Jammes. In the year 1765, Hyacinth is residing in Pointe Claire with his wife Marie Elizabeth Aumais (my 5th great grandmother) and 2 children. Joseph has 75 arpens of land, 31 arpens that were seeded during the year 1765. He has 2 oxen, 2 cows, 2 bulls, 3 sheep, 2 horses, and 3 pigs.
1765 CENSUS DATA for Francois Desrochers In the year 1765, Francois is residing in Varenne with his wife Marie Louise Ficheaux (my 7th great grandmother) and 7 children. Francois has 60 arpens of land, 40 arpens were seeded during the year 1765. He has 2 oxen, 3 cows, 20 sheep, 2 horses and 4 pigs.
Census data for 1765 and 1790 can be found in “Histoire des Canadiens” by Benjamin Sulte, volume 7. This summarized census data does not identify specific families or households. It is interesting to compare an ancestral family unit size to the overall population size for the location. Below you will find an extract for both 1765 and 1790 with notes for some of my ancestors.
1765 CENSUS DATA NOTES
Jean Baptiste Beauchamp (my 6th great grandfather) living at Mascouche with his two youngest sons Michel (my 5th ggf) and Jacques and his wife Genevieve Grignon. Family unit of 4 out of total population 542.
Pierre Allaire (my 5th ggf) living at St Francois du Sud with his wife Marie Nolin and 4 sons. Family unit size 6 out of total population 615.
Marie Louise Levasseur (my 5th ggm) living at Kamouraska with her husband Joseph Sirois Duplessis and 7 children. Family unit size 9 out of total population 870.
Marie Louise Ficheaux (my 7th ggm) living at Varennes –her youngest is 22 years, so assumed only Marie and her husband remain in household. Family unit 2, out of total population 1168.
1790 CENSUS DATA NOTES
Joseph Allaire dit Delaire (my 4th ggf) living at St Francois du Sud. His family unit numbered 9 of 1030 total population counted.
Marie Louise Levasseur (my 5th ggm) living at Kamouraska. Her family unit numbered 5 of 1706 total population counted.
Michel Beauchamp (my 5th ggf) living at Mascouche. His family unit numbered 6 of a total population of 1251.
Marie Brien Desrochers (my 6th ggm) living at St Roch de l’Achigan. Her family unit numbered 7 of a total population of 1313.