Emery VEGIARD

Born

29 June 1839 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Died

18 March 1893 , Windham, Connecticut, USA

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Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND

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Born: 29 June 1839 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste VEGIARD

Mother: Josette (Josephte) BERTRAND

Paternal grandparents: Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ , Marguerite BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BERTRAND dit BEAULIEU , Josephte LALANNE

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

Emery married Marie WOOD/HOUDE 18 February 1868 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie WOOD/HOUDE was born 1 July 1851 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie died 31 March 1897 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie was the child of Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS.

Emery VEGIARD died 18 March 1893 in Windham, Connecticut, USA .
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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

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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Spouse & Children of Emery VEGIARD

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Emery VEGIARD married

Marie WOOD/HOUDE
Marriage date: 18 February 1868
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada
Marie WOOD/HOUDE was the child of Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

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Children of Emery VEGIARD and Marie WOOD/HOUDE

Marie Exilda VEGIARD

Born: 11 June 1870, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 August 1953, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Married: Joseph RIQUIER

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Birth — 1839
29 June 1839
Marieville, Rouville, Lower 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Emery VEGIARD and Marie WOOD/HOUDE 18 February 1868, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 28 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Marie Exilda VEGIARD was born 11 June 1870, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Emery was 30 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented