William-M. RYDER

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18 September 1809 , Dunham, Lower Canada

Died

23 December 1884 , Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada

Cause of Death: Unknown

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Elton RYDER Betsey DRURY

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Born: 18 September 1809 in Dunham, Lower Canada

Father: Elton RYDER

Mother: Betsey DRURY

Paternal grandparents: Jonathan RYDER , Zilpha HAMMOND

Maternal grandparents: Moses DRURY , Cata ADAMS

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

William-M. married Marilla Ann ATKINSON 16 January 1844 in Granby, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marilla Ann ATKINSON was born 22 July 1826 in Quebec or USA. Marilla Ann died 6 December 1907 in Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada. Marilla Ann was the child of John ATKINSON and Amanda ATKINSON.

William-M. RYDER died 23 December 1884 in Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Farmer

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 William-M. RYDER

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William-M. RYDER married

Marilla Ann ATKINSON
Marriage date: 16 January 1844
Marriage place: Granby, Canada East
Marilla Ann ATKINSON was the child of John ATKINSON and Amanda ATKINSON

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Children of William-M. RYDER and Marilla Ann ATKINSON

Samuel Leander RYDER

Born: 12 May 1849, Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada
Died: 19 March 1922, Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada

Married: Ella PARKER 18 August 1875 Place: Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada (Shefford)

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Birth — 1809
18 September 1809
Dunham, 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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
William-M. RYDER and Marilla Ann ATKINSON 16 January 1844, Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

He was 34 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Samuel Leander RYDER was born 12 May 1849, Granby South Ridge, Shefford, Quebec, Canada

William-M. was 39 years old.

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

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.