Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

Born

abt. 1807 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

5 August 1884 , Mascouche, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

Parents

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Grandparents

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Born: abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

Father

Joseph ETHIER

Mother

Rose ALLARD

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste ETHIER Marie-Rosalie DUPRAS

Maternal grandparents

Pierre ALLARD Archange MULOUIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Zoe BOURGEOIS 31 May 1830 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Zoe BOURGEOIS was born 18 January 1813 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . Zoe died 30 July 1882 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada . Zoe was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Monique MARIER.

Jean-Baptiste ETHIER died 5 August 1884 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

Jean-Baptiste ETHIER married

Zoe BOURGEOIS
Marriage date: 31 May 1830
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Zoe BOURGEOIS was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Monique MARIER

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste ETHIER and Zoe BOURGEOIS

Adelaide ETHIER

Born: 13 January 1832, Mascouche, Lower Canada
Died: 21 November 1907, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Treffle ETHIER

Born: abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 March 1922, Sainte-Julienne, Québec, Canada

Married: Octavie MARION 6 February 1866 Place: Saint-Jacques, Canada East

Hedwidge ETHIER

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean-Baptiste's Québec records.

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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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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ETHIER and Zoe BOURGEOIS 31 May 1830, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Adelaide ETHIER was born 13 January 1832, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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 Marriage of Child
Treffle ETHIER married 6 February 1866, Saint-Jacques, Canada East to Octavie MARION

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.