Joseph
COUTURIER
Born
21 June 1771
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
8 May 1841
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
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Born: 21 June 1771 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Father:
Joseph COUTURIER
Mother:
Marie LEBRUN
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ
, Marie-Louise ALLARD
Maternal grandparents:
Jean Baptiste BRUN
, Marguerite GAUDET
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marguerite FORCIER 12 November 1798 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marguerite FORCIER was born 20 February 1778 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marguerite died 26 September 1843 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marguerite was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Angélique CARON.
Joseph COUTURIER died 8 May 1841 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East .
m. Forcier Marguerite
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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
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.
Spouse & Children of Joseph COUTURIER
Joseph COUTURIER married 
Marguerite FORCIER
Marriage date: 12 November 1798
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marguerite FORCIER was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Angélique CARON
Marguerite FORCIERMarriage date: 12 November 1798
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marguerite FORCIER was the child of Jacques FORCIER and Angélique CARON
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Birth — 177121 June 1771
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
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.
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
1798 Marriage / PartnerJoseph COUTURIER and Marguerite FORCIER 12 November 1798 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
He was 27 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 England
Death — 18418 May 1841
Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
He died at the age of 69.
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