Louis PRUD'HOMME

Born

abt. 1792 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

7 July 1878 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

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Joseph PRUD'HOMME Marie-Louise LEFOURNIER dite DUVIVIER

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Born: abt. 1792 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph PRUD'HOMME

Mother: Marie-Louise LEFOURNIER dite DUVIVIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PRUD'HOMME , Marie-Louise LIENARD dite MONDOR

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER , Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Louis married Marie-Louise GIGUERE 13 February 1827 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GIGUERE was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Louise died abt. 1852 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Charles-Amable GIGUERE and Marie-Therese LAURENCE.

Louis PRUD'HOMME died 7 July 1878 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada .
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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

Spouse & Children of Louis PRUD'HOMME

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Louis PRUD'HOMME married

Marie-Louise GIGUERE
Marriage date: 13 February 1827
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise GIGUERE was the child of Charles-Amable GIGUERE and Marie-Therese LAURENCE

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

Children of Louis PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Louise GIGUERE

Louis PRUD'HOMME

Born: 20 November 1828, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada
Died: 17 July 1901, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

Married: Esther DESROSIERS 19 February 1855 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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 England

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Louise GIGUERE 13 February 1827, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Louis PRUD'HOMME was born 20 November 1828, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Louis PRUD'HOMME married 19 February 1855, Lanoraie, Canada East to Esther DESROSIERS

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.