Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

Born

22 July 1823 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

31 May 1885 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada

Norbert-Pierre married Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 25 July 1854 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 24 December 1826 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . Genevieve died 14 October 1899 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada . Genevieve was the child of Edouard BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Séraphine PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE .

Parents & Family of Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

Parents of Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

Father

Pierre-Louis HENAULT

Mother

Archange BOUCHER

Grandparents of Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Pierre HENAULT dit CANADA Marie-Thérèse BRUNET

Maternal grandparents

Antoine BOUCHER Archange GRIMARD dite MORAND

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 Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

Norbert-Pierre HENAULT married

Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE
Marriage date: 25 July 1854
Marriage place: Berthierville, Canada East
Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Edouard BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Séraphine PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

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

Children of Norbert-Pierre HENAULT and Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

Genevieve-Octavie HENAULT

Born: 22 January 1857, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: ,

Norbert HENAULT

Born: November 1865, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 December 1934, Berthierville, Québec, Canada

Onesime HENAULT

Born: 12 September 1870, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Norbert-Pierre'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

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Birth — 1823
22 July 1823
Berthierville, 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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Norbert-Pierre HENAULT and Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 25 July 1854, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 31 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Octavie HENAULT was born 22 January 1857, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Norbert-Pierre was 33 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Norbert HENAULT was born November 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Norbert-Pierre was 42 years old.

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.