Pierre GRANGER

Born

11 February 1811 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

18 September 1853 , Lacolle, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste GRANGER Elisabeth Isabelle BREAULT

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Born: 11 February 1811 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GRANGER

Mother: Elisabeth Isabelle BREAULT

Paternal grandparents: Charles GRANGER , Marie Ursule LANOUE

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste BRO (BREAULT) (BRAULT) , Marie-Charlotte BROSSEAU

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

Pierre married Reine REMILLARD 22 February 1830 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Reine REMILLARD was born abt. 1812 in Québec Province, Canada. Reine died 6 April 1851 in Lacolle, Canada East . Reine was the child of Louis REMILLARD and Marie-Reine POUTRE dite LAVIGNE.

Pierre GRANGER died 18 September 1853 in Lacolle, Canada East .

m. Remillard Reine

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: 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

Spouse & Children of Pierre GRANGER

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Pierre GRANGER married

Reine REMILLARD
Marriage date: 22 February 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Reine REMILLARD was the child of Louis REMILLARD and Marie-Reine POUTRE dite LAVIGNE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre GRANGER and Reine REMILLARD

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1811
11 February 1811
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GRANGER and Reine REMILLARD 22 February 1830, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

He was 19 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)