FeaturedThe Carignan-Salières regiment and the companies of Tracy
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec · Centre-du-Québec
Historical and Genealogical SocietyLévrard-Becquet
Archives, research and stories from the Lévrard-Becquet seigneury, in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Centre-du-Québec.
- articles
- 71
- names indexed
- 258
- of publication
- 2015–2026
Latest
The twelve most recent articles.
FeaturedThe Carignan-Salières regiment and the companies of Tracy
WaterworksThe municipal water system, from then to now
From yesterday to todayChapter 4: Louise Mousseau (Monceau), the guardian (1635-1707)
From yesterday to todayChapter 3: Romain Becquet, seigneur in spite of himself (1640-1682)
From yesterday to today: local history since prehistoryChapter 2: Our region — the arrival of the first Europeans (1534–c.1600)
From yesterday to todayChapter 1: Our region, from prehistory to the arrival of the Europeans.
General history of the seigneury1672 or 1679?
The tomato industryKetchup
Roads and highwaysA Trois-Rivières Bridge Runs Aground at St-Pierre-les-Becquets
FamiliesFamily names: Lauzon, Habermaker, Manset
FamiliesFamily Names: Fournier and CloutierMémoires vives
Filmed interviews with the elders of the seigneury, made possible by the New Horizons for Seniors programme.
Mémoires vivesMemories of a Young Immigrant in 1951
Mémoires vivesGaston Mailhot and his beginnings at the general storeMémoires vivesBaskets for the Tomatoes 
Mémoires vivesThe Mayrand Couple Settle in St-Pierre-les-Becquets
Mémoires vivesSecretary of the Tomato Cannery
Mémoires vivesRosaire Tousignant's Grocery Store
Mémoires vivesThe Work of the Tomato Peelers
Mémoires vivesTaking in the tomatoes at the cannery
Sections
The six broad divisions of the site. Each section gathers several topics.
- The cannery15
Half a century of canning in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, told by the people who worked there: receiving the tomatoes, peeling, seaming, ketchup.
- The land13
Roads, streets, bridges, waterworks and place names — how the seigneury was drawn on the ground.
- Work12
Mills, mines, timber, shops and services: what people here made a living from.
- Stories and daily life14
A tornado, a young immigrant in 1951, what people drank under the French regime — history as it was lived.
- The people10
The parish priests, doctors, schoolteachers, families and associations of the seigneury.
- History of the seigneury7
1672 or 1679? Romain Becquet, Louise Mousseau, the manor, the domain: the history of the fief itself.
Read in order
The site’s three sequences, in the order they are meant to be read.
From yesterday to todayFrom Yesterday to Today - From yesterday to todayChapter 1: Our region, from prehistory to the arrival of the Europeans.
- From yesterday to todayChapter 2: Our region — the arrival of the first Europeans (1534–c.1600)
- From yesterday to todayChapter 3: Romain Becquet, seigneur in spite of himself (1640-1682)
- From yesterday to todayChapter 4: Louise Mousseau (Monceau), the guardian (1635-1707)
- How the tomatoes were cannedTaking in the tomatoes at the cannery
How the tomatoes were cannedFirst the Tomatoes Had to Be Scalded- How the tomatoes were cannedThe Work of the Tomato Peelers
How the tomatoes were cannedPeeling with a Spoon
How the tomatoes were cannedCanning and Seaming
How the tomatoes were cannedSterilizing the cans and making the ketchup- How the tomatoes were cannedCooling the Cans, Then Labelling Them
- How the tomatoes were cannedKetchup
Around the canneryThe Tomato: Its History
Around the canneryJean-Baptiste Lelaidier
Around the canneryThe Tomaterie (Tomato Cannery)Around the canneryBaskets for the Tomatoes 
Around the canneryRepairs to the buildings; heating the autoclaves
Around the canneryA Tomato Worker, Cécile Spénard-Poisson- Around the cannerySecretary of the Tomato Cannery
Names from here
The index runs to 258 names. Here are a few; each one leads to the articles it appears in.
The volunteers
This site is written and documented by the members of the Society.
- Alain Manset42 articles
- Jocelyne Lafond17 articles
- Yolande Allaire Roux8 articles
- Gilles Marchand2 articles
- Jacques Lefebvre1 article
- Claudette Fournier1 article
- Rénald Paquin1 article