Jean ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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abt. 1754 , Port Toulouse, Acadia

Died

1 May 1808 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Vincent ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Marguerite POIRIER

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Born: abt. 1754 in Port Toulouse, Acadia

Father: Vincent ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Mother: Marguerite POIRIER

Paternal grandparents: Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph POIRIER , Jeanne GAUDET

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Jean married Marie Marguerite Perpetue SAVOIE abt. 1775 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Marguerite Perpetue SAVOIE was born abt. 1753 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Marie Marguerite Perpetue died 26 December 1813 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Marie Marguerite Perpetue was the child of Jean Baptiste SAVOIE and Marguerite BLANCHARD.

Jean ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 1 May 1808 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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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

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Jean ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married

Marie Marguerite Perpetue SAVOIE
Marriage date: abt. 1775
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Marguerite Perpetue SAVOIE was the child of Jean Baptiste SAVOIE and Marguerite BLANCHARD

Children of Jean ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marie Marguerite Perpetue SAVOIE

Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT

Born: 4 September 1779, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1834, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Geneviève SAULNIER 15 November 1807 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Married: Marie BRIDEAU 30 October 1815 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Genevieve ARSENAULT

Born: 9 February 1782, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph Clément ARSENAULT

Born: 1 July 1784, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Vénérande DESJARDINS dite LOSIER (LAUZIER) 9 June 1812 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Elisabeth Isabelle ARSENAULT

Born: 10 January 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre ROBICHAUD 11 August 1806 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie ARSENEAU

Born: abt. 1787, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Guillaume CHENARD 13 January 1807 Place: Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite Chloris ARSENEAU

Born: 6 December 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1779 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT was born 4 September 1779, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1782 Birth of Child
Marie Genevieve ARSENAULT was born 9 February 1782, , New Brunswick, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Joseph Clément ARSENAULT was born 1 July 1784, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1787 Birth of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle ARSENAULT was born 10 January 1787, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1789 Birth of Child
Marguerite Chloris ARSENEAU was born 6 December 1789, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle ARSENAULT married 11 August 1806, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Pierre ROBICHAUD

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie ARSENEAU married 13 January 1807, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Guillaume CHENARD

1807 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste ARSENAULT married 15 November 1807, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Geneviève SAULNIER

Jean ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) - 1 May 1808 Death Jean Arsenaux Tracadie

1 May 1808 Death
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