Francois
BLAIS
(b.
30 January 1787
,
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
8 August 1846
,
Château-Richer, Canada East
)
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Francois BLAIS was born 30 January 1787 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois BLAIS was the child of Andre BLAIS and Marie-Anne LECOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin BLAIS and Madeleine FORTIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LECOUR and Angelique NADEAUFrancois BLAIS died 8 August 1846 in Château-Richer, Canada East .
m. Montour Julie
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Occupation
Francois BLAIS 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
Francois BLAIS 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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