Louis ETHIER

Born

7 May 1801 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

31 January 1886 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Louis ETHIER

Parents

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Grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children

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Born: 7 May 1801 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Parents of Louis ETHIER

Father

Pierre ÉTHIER

Mother

Marguerite GIRARD

Grandparents of Louis ETHIER

Paternal grandparents

Paul ÉTHIER Angélique CHARBONNEAU

Maternal grandparents

Philippe GIRARD Veronique DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR

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

Louis married Marie-Josephe POITRAS 10 November 1828 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephe POITRAS was born 7 July 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada. Marie-Josephe died 7 January 1845 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph-Francois POITRAS dit TURENNE and Marie-Anne SENECAL (SENECHAL).

Louis married (2) Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) 17 February 1852 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East . Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) was born 12 June 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada. Marie-Victoire died 21 June 1890 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire was the child of Michel SENECHAL and Marie-Therese LESCARBEAU.

Louis ETHIER died 31 January 1886 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada.

m. Poitras Marie-Josephe
m. Senecal Marie-Victoire

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Fermier

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 Louis ETHIER

Louis ETHIER married

Marie-Josephe POITRAS
Marriage date: 10 November 1828
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe POITRAS was the child of Joseph-Francois POITRAS dit TURENNE and Marie-Anne SENECAL (SENECHAL)

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

Children of Louis ETHIER and Marie-Josephe POITRAS

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Louis ETHIER married

Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL)
Marriage date: 17 February 1852
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East
Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) was the child of Michel SENECHAL and Marie-Therese LESCARBEAU

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

Children of Louis ETHIER and Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL)

No children are currently listed for this couple.

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Louis'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 — 1801
7 May 1801
L'Assomption, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Louis ETHIER and Marie-Josephe POITRAS 10 November 1828, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe POITRAS died 7 January 1845, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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

1852 Marriage / Partner
Louis ETHIER and Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) 17 February 1852, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 50 years old.

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.