Leandre BERGERON

Born

22 April 1810 , Batiscan, Lower Canada

Died

26 May 1895 , St-Didace, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph BERGERON Marie-Anne TROTTIER

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Born: 22 April 1810 in Batiscan, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph BERGERON

Mother: Marie-Anne TROTTIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Jean BERGERON , Marguerite-Francoise RIVARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER , Marguerite RIVARD

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

Leandre married Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU 19 June 1832 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU was born 7 September 1809 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Sophie died 19 August 1901 in St-Didace, Quebec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Francois FUSEAU dit ROCH and Archange GERVAIS.

Leandre BERGERON died 26 May 1895 in St-Didace, Quebec, Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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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

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 changes
From 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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Spouse & Children of Leandre BERGERON

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Leandre BERGERON married

Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU
Marriage date: 19 June 1832
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU was the child of Francois FUSEAU dit ROCH and Archange GERVAIS

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Children of Leandre BERGERON and Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU

Leandre BERGERON

Born: 18 December 1832, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Rosalie GERMAIN 7 February 1855

Joseph BERGERON

Born: 14 August 1834, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1919, St-Charles de Mandeville, Canada

Celanire BERGERON

Born: 2 October 1839, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 26 January 1871, St Didace, Quebec, Canada

Hermine BERGERON

Born: 4 April 1841, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 6 July 1922, St-Didace, Quebec, Canada

Alfred BERGERON

Born: 27 May 1842, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 7 April 1915, St-Charles de Mandeville, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Simeon BERGERON

Born: 24 December 1847, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Died: 12 November 1931, St-Charles de Mandeville, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Edmond BERGERON

Born: abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 December 1948, St-Charles-de-Mandeville, Quebec, Canada

Eugenie BERGERON

Born: 7 September 1853, St-Didace de Maskinongé, Canada East
Died: 27 April 1927, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Gedeon BERGERON

Born: abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1810
22 April 1810
Batiscan, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Leandre BERGERON and Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU 19 June 1832, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 22 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Leandre BERGERON was born 18 December 1832, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Leandre was 22 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph BERGERON was born 14 August 1834, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Leandre 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Celanire BERGERON was born 2 October 1839, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Leandre was 29 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Hermine BERGERON was born 4 April 1841, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Leandre was 30 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Alfred BERGERON was born 27 May 1842, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Leandre was 32 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Simeon BERGERON was born 24 December 1847, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Leandre was 37 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Eugenie BERGERON was born 7 September 1853, St-Didace de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

Leandre was 43 years old.

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.