flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  MASSÉ

  (b. 18 August 1833 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada   d. 22 July 1893 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ was born 18 August 1833 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ was the child of Louis-Roch MASSÉ   and   Marguerite HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR (maternal)  Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Théotiste COURNOYER 15 February 1858 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Théotiste COURNOYER  was born 8 September 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Théotiste died 15 October 1895 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Théotiste was the child of Denis COURNOYER and Théotiste PÉLOQUIN.

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ died 22 July 1893 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ was a 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
Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ married flag female ancestor Théotiste COURNOYER-- Date: 15 February 1858 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East
Théotiste COURNOYER was the child of Denis COURNOYER and Théotiste PÉLOQUIN




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birth1833 Birth
18 August 1833
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
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.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1858 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Théotiste COURNOYER 15 February 1858, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 24 years old.
1858 Birth of Child
Marie MASSÉ was born 29 December 1858, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1879 Marriage of Child
Marie MASSÉ married 16 February 1879, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Paul-Napoleon CARDIN
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1893 Death
22 July 1893
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 59.
Added: 10/20/2020 10:17:10 AM - Updated: 10/20/2020 10:19:43 AM

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