Bernard-Modeste
DUMONT
(b.
20 August 1819
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
d.
20 May 1904
,
St-Maurice, Canada
)
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Bernard-Modeste DUMONT was born 20 August 1819 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Bernard-Modeste DUMONT was the child of Étienne DUMONT and Elisabeth-Isabelle BEAUBIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR (maternal) Antoine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Thérèse PARENTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Bernard-Modeste married Julie VERRET 11 August 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Julie VERRET was born 19 April 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Julie died 7 July 1903 in St-Maurice, Quebec, Canada. Julie was the child of François VERRET and Angélique MAILLOT.
Bernard-Modeste DUMONT died 20 May 1904 in St-Maurice, Canada.
m. Verret Julie
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Occupation
Bernard-Modeste DUMONT 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
Bernard-Modeste DUMONT 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 Bernard-Modeste DUMONT
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Julie VERRET-- Date: 11 August 1840 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Julie VERRET was the child of François VERRET and Angélique MAILLOT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Bernard-Modeste DUMONT and Julie VERRET:
Julie VERRET-- Date: 11 August 1840 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada Julie VERRET was the child of François VERRET and Angélique MAILLOT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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1819 Birth 20 August 1819
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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
1840 Marriage / PartnerBernard-Modeste DUMONT and Julie VERRET 11 August 1840, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
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.
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. 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 Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1903 Death of Spouse/PartnerJulie VERRET died 7 July 1903, St-Maurice, Quebec, Canada
1904 Death 20 May 1904
St-Maurice, Canada
He died at the age of 84.
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