Francois DUFOUR

(b. 6 January 1772 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 May 1857 , Sainte-Agnès, Canada East )

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Francois DUFOUR was born 6 January 1772 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Francois DUFOUR was the child of Jean-François DUFOUR and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY (maternal) Ignace BRISSON dit DUTILLY and Marguerite LAVOIE

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

Francois married Anne BRASSARD abt. 1803 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anne BRASSARD was born 22 May 1783 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Anne died 14 April 1858 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Anne was the child of Charles BRASSARD and Marie-Josephte GIRARD.

Francois DUFOUR died 10 May 1857 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .
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Occupation

Francois DUFOUR was a 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.

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Francois DUFOUR married

Anne BRASSARD-- Date: abt. 1803 Place:
Anne BRASSARD was the child of Charles BRASSARD and Marie-Josephte GIRARD

Children of Francois DUFOUR and Anne BRASSARD:

Luce DUFOUR (b.abt. 1804, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 February 1867, L'Anse Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis DALLAIRE 5 September 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Basilisse DUFOUR (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 October 1861, Chicoutimi, Canada East )
m. Pierre GAUDREAU 27 February 1843 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1772 Birth
6 January 1772
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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.

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)

1826 Marriage of Child
Luce DUFOUR married 5 September 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Louis DALLAIRE

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 Marriage of Child
Basilisse DUFOUR married 27 February 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Pierre GAUDREAU

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.