David PRINCE

Born

22 May 1789 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 March 1872 , Plessisville, Canada

Parents & Family of David PRINCE

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Born: 22 May 1789 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of David PRINCE

Father

Michel PRINCE (LEPRINCE)

Mother

Madeleine BERGERON

Grandparents of David PRINCE

Paternal grandparents

Honore PRINCE (LEPRINCE) Isabelle FOREST

Maternal grandparents

Pierre Nantes BERGERON Marguerite BOURG

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

David married Charlotte SEVIGNY 19 February 1816 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Charlotte SEVIGNY was born 21 May 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Charlotte was the child of Étienne SÉVIGNY and Marie-Anne DUBOIS.

David PRINCE died 31 March 1872 in Plessisville, Canada.

m. Sevigny Charlotte

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: 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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of David PRINCE

David PRINCE married

Charlotte SEVIGNY
Marriage date: 19 February 1816
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Charlotte SEVIGNY was the child of Étienne SÉVIGNY and Marie-Anne DUBOIS

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

Children of David PRINCE and Charlotte SEVIGNY

Joseph PRINCE

Born: 5 March 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 15 February 1869, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Olive PRINCE

Born: abt. 1821, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 May 1887,

Charlotte PRINCE

Born: 2 April 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

David PRINCE

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Cecile PRINCE

Born: 21 October 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 17 April 1866, Victoriaville, Canada East

Moise PRINCE

Born: 3 May 1827, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 11 January 1901, St-Paul-de-Chester, Arthabaska, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1789
22 May 1789
Nicolet, Province of Québec, 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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
David PRINCE and Charlotte SEVIGNY 19 February 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Joseph PRINCE was born 5 March 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

David was 28 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Charlotte PRINCE was born 2 April 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

David was 31 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Cecile PRINCE was born 21 October 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

David was 36 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Moise PRINCE was born 3 May 1827, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

David was 37 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1866 Death of Child
Cecile PRINCE died 17 April 1866, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada (Arthabaska Station)

David was 76 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Death of Child
Joseph PRINCE died 15 February 1869, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

David was 79 years old.

Death — 1872
31 March 1872
Plessisville, Canada
He died at the age of 82.

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