Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND)

(b. August 29, 1760 , Contrecœur, Canada d. November 14, 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was born August 29, 1760 in Contrecœur, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIAND and Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Anne BAILLARGEON (maternal) Claude JODOUIN (JODOIN) and Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse PERRON 29 September 1794 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse PERRON was born February 19, 1774 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Thérèse died May 21, 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Eustache PERRON and Thérèse HERPIN (ARPIN).

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) died November 14, 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was a Farmer, Voyageur .
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

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 BRILLAND (BRIAND) married

Marie-Thérèse PERRON-- Date: 29 September 1794 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
Marie-Thérèse PERRON was the child of Eustache PERRON and Thérèse HERPIN (ARPIN)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) and Marie-Thérèse PERRON:

François-Eustache PONTBRIAND dit SANSREGRET (b.February 11, 1798, Sorel, Lower Canada d. April 30, 1878, Chazy, New York, USA )
m. Felicite VANDAL

Andre PONTBRIAND (b.27 September 1812, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louise MATTE 15 February 1831 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1760 Birth
August 29, 1760
Contrecœur, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) and Marie-Thérèse PERRON 29 September 1794, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 34 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
François-Eustache PONTBRIAND dit SANSREGRET was born February 11, 1798, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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

1812 Birth of Child
Andre PONTBRIAND was born 27 September 1812, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 52 years old.

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Andre PONTBRIAND married 15 February 1831, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Louise MATTE