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flag male ancestor  Antoine  FOISY

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2 August 1854 Varennes, Canada East

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Born: 12 August 1780 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine  married  Desanges LUSSIER 28 May 1804 in Verchères, Lower Canada .  Desanges LUSSIER  was born abt. 1780 in Québec Province, Canada.  Desanges was the child of Paul LUSSIER and Archange BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Antoine FOISY died 2 August 1854 in Varennes, Canada East .
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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

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Antoine FOISY married flag female ancestor Desanges LUSSIER
Marriage date: 28 May 1804
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Desanges LUSSIER was the child of Paul LUSSIER and Archange BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)



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

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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BirthBirth — 1780
12 August 1780
Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1804 Marriage / Partner
Antoine FOISY and Desanges LUSSIER 28 May 1804, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
DeathDeath — 1854
2 August 1854
Varennes, Canada East
He died at the age of 74.
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