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Joseph BISSONNETTE was born 4 March 1798 in La Prairie, Lower Canada
Joseph BISSONNETTE was the child of Louis-Agpit BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Reine DUBUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Dorothee SIMARD (maternal) Michel-Pascal DUBUC and Madeleine-Helene RENAUD dite DESLAURIERSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Catherine GARNIER 14 May 1821 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Catherine GARNIER was born 2 May 1805 in St Antoine, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. Catherine died 29 October 1863 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENILLE and Marie-Catherine ADAM dite LARAMEE.
Occupation
Joseph BISSONNETTE was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Joseph BISSONNETTE was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
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.
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