Alexis
SEVIGNY
(b.
28 August 1780
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
6 October 1860
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
)
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Alexis SEVIGNY was born 28 August 1780 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis SEVIGNY was the child of Augustin SÉVIGNY and Marie-Josephte LAPORTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Françoise BÉLAND (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne-Madeleine AUDETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 10 October 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER was born 18 September 1788 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Josephte died 7 July 1842 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles CARPENTIER and Josephte GODIN.
Alexis SEVIGNY died 6 October 1860 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East.
m. Carpentier Marie-Josephte
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Occupation
Alexis SEVIGNY 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
Alexis SEVIGNY 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 Alexis SEVIGNY
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Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER-- Date: 10 October 1808 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER was the child of Charles CARPENTIER and Josephte GODIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Alexis SEVIGNY and Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER:
Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER-- Date: 10 October 1808 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower CanadaMarie-Josephte CARPENTIER was the child of Charles CARPENTIER and Josephte GODIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Alexis SEVIGNY and Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER:
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1780 Birth 28 August 1780
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1808 Marriage / PartnerAlexis SEVIGNY and Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 10 October 1808, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
He was 28 years old.
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Josephte CARPENTIER died 7 July 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, 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.1860 Death 6 October 1860
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.
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