Benjamin VAILLANCOURT

Born

8 June 1818 , Mascouche, Lower Canada

Died

20 April 1895 , Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

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 .

Parents & Family of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT

Parents of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT

Father

Joseph-Francois VAILLANCOURT

Mother

Marie Louise DAGENAIS

Grandparents of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Charles VAILLANCOURT Marie-Therese LABELLE

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin VAILLANCOURT

Benjamin VAILLANCOURT married

Emilie STRINGER
Marriage date: 16 October 1838
Marriage 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

Born: abt. 1865,
Died: ,

Married: Marie VIENS 28 January 1889 Place: Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Benjamin's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1818
8 June 1818
Mascouche, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin VAILLANCOURT and Emilie STRINGER 16 October 1838, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada (Saint-Remi-de-la-Salle)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.