François LEBEL

(b. 15 February 1809 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 3 September 1872 , St-Arsène, Quebec, Canada )

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François LEBEL was born 15 February 1809 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

François LEBEL was the child of Alexandre LEBEL and Madeleine GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Madeleine SIROIS (maternal) Joseph GAGNON and Madeleine HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Madeleine PLOURDE 11 September 1832 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine PLOURDE was born 12 December 1815 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Madeleine died 26 April 1860 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Pascal PLOURDE and Madeleine THERIAULT.

François LEBEL died 3 September 1872 in St-Arsène, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

François LEBEL 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

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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.

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Family and Children of François LEBEL

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François LEBEL married

Madeleine PLOURDE-- Date: 11 September 1832 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Madeleine PLOURDE was the child of Pascal PLOURDE and Madeleine THERIAULT

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Children of François LEBEL and Madeleine PLOURDE:

Lazare LEBEL (b.16 June 1836, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada d. 10 May 1896, St-Épiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
m. Obeline-Evelyne GAGNON 7 June 1862

Philomene LEBEL (b.31 December 1839, Cacouna, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1912, St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre MARTIN 13 January 1857

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1809 Birth
15 February 1809
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
François LEBEL and Madeleine PLOURDE 11 September 1832, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 23 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Lazare LEBEL was born 16 June 1836, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 27 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene LEBEL was born 31 December 1839, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

François was 30 years old.

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.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine PLOURDE died 26 April 1860, St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

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.