Benjamin
VAILLANCOURT
(b.
8 June 1818
,
Mascouche, Lower Canada
d.
20 April 1895
,
Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada
)
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Benjamin VAILLANCOURT was born 8 June 1818 in Mascouche, Lower Canada
Benjamin VAILLANCOURT was the child of Joseph-Francois VAILLANCOURT and Marie Louise DAGENAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Charles VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Therese LABELLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benjamin married Emilie STRINGER 16 October 1838 in Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie STRINGER was born abt. 1819 Emilie died 16 September 1871 in Hinchinbrook, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. Emilie was the child of John STRINGER and Josephte BEAUDIN.
Benjamin VAILLANCOURT died 20 April 1895 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Benjamin VAILLANCOURT was a 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Benjamin VAILLANCOURT was a 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
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 changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT
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Emilie STRINGER-- Date: 16 October 1838 Place: Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada
Emilie STRINGER was the child of John STRINGER and Josephte BEAUDIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT and Emilie STRINGER:
Philippe VAILLANCOURT (b.abt. 1865, d. , )
m. Marie VIENS 28 January 1889 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)
Emilie STRINGER-- Date: 16 October 1838 Place: Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada Emilie STRINGER was the child of John STRINGER and Josephte BEAUDIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT and Emilie STRINGER:
Philippe VAILLANCOURT (b.abt. 1865, d. , )m. Marie VIENS 28 January 1889 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)
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Discovering the Ancestry of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT: Events, Photos & Historical Records
1818 Birth 8 June 1818
Mascouche, Lower Canada
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1838 Marriage / PartnerBenjamin VAILLANCOURT and Emilie STRINGER 16 October 1838, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)
He was 20 years old.
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1871 Death of Spouse/PartnerEmilie STRINGER died 16 September 1871, Hinchinbrook, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.1889 Marriage of ChildPhilippe VAILLANCOURT married 28 January 1889, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough) to Marie VIENS
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1895 Death 20 April 1895
Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 76.
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