Etienne
VOYER
(b.
abt. 1717
,
Angers, France
d.
8 December 1785
,
Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Etienne VOYER was born abt. 1717 in Angers, France
Etienne VOYER was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Etienne married Madeleine DUPONT 7 February 1750 in Sainte-Marie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine DUPONT was born 6 April 1730 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 20 October 1812 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Thérèse LEBLONDE.
Etienne VOYER died 8 December 1785 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada .
son of Etienne Voyer and Marie Belanger
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Occupation
Etienne VOYER was a Faux-saunier.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.
Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca
The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier
Etienne VOYER was a Faux-saunier.
Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.
Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca
The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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