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flag male ancestor  Alexis  SEVIGNY

Died
6 October 1860 Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
Alexis  married  Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 10 October 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . 
Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER  was born 18 September 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marie-Josephte died 7 July 1842 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East.  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles CARPENTIER and Josephte GODIN .

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Alexis  married  Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 10 October 1808 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada .  Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER  was born 18 September 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marie-Josephte died 7 July 1842 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East.  Marie-Josephte was the child of Charles CARPENTIER and Josephte GODIN.




m. Carpentier Marie-Josephte
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 Alexis SEVIGNY

Alexis SEVIGNY married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER
Marriage date: 10 October 1808
Marriage 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

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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BirthBirth — 1780
28 August 1780
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1808 Marriage / Partner
Alexis SEVIGNY and Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER 10 October 1808, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte CARPENTIER died 7 July 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
DeathDeath — 1860
6 October 1860
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
He died at the age of 80.
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