Jean-Baptiste PILON

Born

Died

2 May 1880 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME 11 January 1819 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME was born abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada. Françoise died 27 May 1843 in Lanoraie, Canada East . Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marie-Elisabeth PAGÉ .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste PILON

Parents of Jean-Baptiste PILON

Father

Joseph PILON

Mother

Marie-Louise RIEL dite L'IRLANDE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste PILON

Paternal grandparents

Joseph PILON Marie-Anne FORTIN

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste RIEL Marie-Amable COLIN (COLLIN) dite LALIBERTE

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste PILON

Jean-Baptiste PILON married

Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME
Marriage date: 11 January 1819
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME was the child of Jean-Baptiste HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marie-Elisabeth PAGÉ

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME

Benoni-Basile PILON

Born: 13 February 1821, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: 22 May 1871, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Married: Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 16 February 1852 Place: Lanoraie, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean-Baptiste's Québec records.

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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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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PILON and Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME 11 January 1819, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Benoni-Basile PILON was born 13 February 1821, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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

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)

1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME died 27 May 1843, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Benoni-Basile PILON married 16 February 1852, Lanoraie, Canada East to Seraphine BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

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

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.