Isaac PARADIS

Born

20 August 1823 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Died

8 April 1904 , Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson, Lyster, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada

Isaac married Desanges PARENT 5 August 1845 in Sainte-Marie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Desanges PARENT was born 28 June 1821 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . Desanges died 6 April 1904 in Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson, Lyster, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada. Desanges was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Josephe GAGNE .

Parents & Family of Isaac PARADIS

Parents of Isaac PARADIS

Father

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS

Mother

Elisabeth FILION

Grandparents of Isaac PARADIS

Paternal grandparents

Louis PARADIS Marguerite DEMERS

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Francois FILION Elisabeth LESSARD

m. Parent Desanges

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 Isaac PARADIS

Isaac PARADIS married

Desanges PARENT
Marriage date: 5 August 1845
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Canada East
Desanges PARENT was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Josephe GAGNE

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

Children of Isaac PARADIS and Desanges PARENT

Richard PARADIS

Born: 27 May 1856, Sainte-Marie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie BOILARD 5 July 1881

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Isaac'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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Birth — 1823
20 August 1823
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Isaac PARADIS and Desanges PARENT 5 August 1845, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Richard PARADIS was born 27 May 1856, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Isaac was 32 years old.

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.