Joseph
TREPANIA (TREPANIER)
(b.
7/25/1826
,
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
d.
10/26/1900
,
Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA
)
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Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) was born 7/25/1826 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) was the child of Paul TREPANIER and Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Francois TREPANIER and Marie-Angelique GERLAIS (maternal) Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) and Ursule MASSONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marguerite DEMARIE abt. 1852 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DEMARIE was born abt. 1835 in Red River, Wisconsin, USA. Marguerite died 15 May 1906 Marguerite was the child of Louison DEMARIE and Angeline COLLINS.
Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) died 10/26/1900 in Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA.
Obituary (below) from:
Old River Man Dead - Chippewa Herald-Telegram, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 17 Nov 1900, Sat, Page 3
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Occupation
Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) was a lumberman and 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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) was a lumberman and 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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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.
Family and Children of Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER)
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Marguerite DEMARIE-- Date: abt. 1852 Place:
Marguerite DEMARIE was the child of Louison DEMARIE and Angeline COLLINS
Children of Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) and Marguerite DEMARIE:
Alfred TREPANIA (b.30 April 1866, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA d. 6/21/1924, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
m. Elizabeth GREELEY 1899
Marguerite DEMARIE was the child of Louison DEMARIE and Angeline COLLINS
Children of Joseph TREPANIA (TREPANIER) and Marguerite DEMARIE:
Alfred TREPANIA (b.30 April 1866, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA d. 6/21/1924, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)m. Elizabeth GREELEY 1899
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7/25/1826
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Biography
The date of birth of 25 Mar 1826 is from the baptism records in Maskinongé, Québec.
His parents Paul Trepanier and Marguerite Valliere were married in St-Joseph de Maskinongé, Québec on 15 Aug 1825, and Joseph was born the following March.
From Contributor Gilles Caron (48516724)
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He was married to Margaret DeMarie (Che-ma-get) about 1851, in Chippewa Falls, WI.
-As transcribed from the 'COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE UPPER LAKES REGION'
by J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1905; pages 88 - 89
Joseph Trepania (deceased) for many years a resident of Spring Brook, Washburn county, was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, about 1815. His parents were Canadians, of French descent, and he was brought up in Canada where he received a limited education.
About the year 1843 Joseph Trepania came to Wisconsin, and for a short time was located at Prairie du Chien. He then went to Chippewa Falls, which at that time contained but one log house, where...Read MORE...
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The date of birth of 25 Mar 1826 is from the baptism records in Maskinongé, Québec.
His parents Paul Trepanier and Marguerite Valliere were married in St-Joseph de Maskinongé, Québec on 15 Aug 1825, and Joseph was born the following March.
From Contributor Gilles Caron (48516724)
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He was married to Margaret DeMarie (Che-ma-get) about 1851, in Chippewa Falls, WI.
-As transcribed from the 'COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE UPPER LAKES REGION'
by J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1905; pages 88 - 89
Joseph Trepania (deceased) for many years a resident of Spring Brook, Washburn county, was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, about 1815. His parents were Canadians, of French descent, and he was brought up in Canada where he received a limited education.
About the year 1843 Joseph Trepania came to Wisconsin, and for a short time was located at Prairie du Chien. He then went to Chippewa Falls, which at that time contained but one log house, where...Read MORE...
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Joseph was 39 years old.
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10/26/1900
Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 74.
Joseph is buried at: Saint Francis Cemetery Reserve, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, USA
Added: 12/9/2022 9:26:16 AM
- Updated: 8/6/2025 1:06:13 PM
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