He renounced his original vocation in 1821 and married Marie-Marguerite-Louise, the daughter of merchant Louis-Henri Archambault, the following year. He continued to teach for a few years and later served as school inspector from 1842 to 1868.
He abandoned his original profession in 1821 and married into a family of merchants, later serving as an educator and school administrator from 1842 to 1868.