Alexis
LEDUC
Born
17 January 1777
,
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
9 April 1861
,
La-Pérade, Canada East
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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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis LEDUC
Alexis LEDUC married Angele TESSIER
Marriage date: 24 January 1809
Marriage place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Angele TESSIER was the child of Michel TESSIER and Madeleine RICHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Angele TESSIERMarriage date: 24 January 1809
Marriage place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Angele TESSIER was the child of Michel TESSIER and Madeleine RICHARD
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Alexis LEDUC and Angele TESSIER
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Québec Genealogy Notes
Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Alexis'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 — 177717 January 1777
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1809 Marriage / PartnerAlexis LEDUC and Angele TESSIER 24 January 1809, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
He was 32 years old.
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 England1827 Birth of ChildMarie-Adele LEDUC was born 4 July 1827, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)
Alexis was 50 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1853 Marriage of ChildMarie-Adele LEDUC married 11 October 1853, La-Pérade, Canada East to Aime TESSIER
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
Death — 18619 April 1861
La-Pérade, Canada East
He died at the age of 84.
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