Francois-Xavier JODOIN

Born

1 April 1806 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

8 July 1871 , Varennes, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Francois-Xavier JODOIN

Parents

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Grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children

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Born: 1 April 1806 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Parents of Francois-Xavier JODOIN

Father

Jacques JODOIN

Mother

Marie-Louise LUSSIER

Grandparents of Francois-Xavier JODOIN

Paternal grandparents

Jacques JODOIN Thérèse PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)

Maternal grandparents

Christophe LUSSIER Marie-Reine DESMARAIS

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

Francois-Xavier married Ursule TETREAULT 25 January 1831 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Ursule TETREAULT was born 13 March 1812 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Ursule died 9 May 1873 in Varennes, Québec, Canada . Ursule was the child of Joseph TETREAULT and Louise BRODEUR.

Francois-Xavier JODOIN died 8 July 1871 in Varennes, Québec, Canada .

m. Tetreault Ursule

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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 Francois-Xavier JODOIN

Francois-Xavier JODOIN married

Ursule TETREAULT
Marriage date: 25 January 1831
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Ursule TETREAULT was the child of Joseph TETREAULT and Louise BRODEUR

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

Children of Francois-Xavier JODOIN and Ursule TETREAULT

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RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Francois-Xavier'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

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Birth — 1806
1 April 1806
Varennes, 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier JODOIN and Ursule TETREAULT 25 January 1831, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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 - 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.