Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

Born

abt. 1771 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

8 April 1843 , St-Sylvestre, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE Françoise FORTIER

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Born: abt. 1771 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE

Mother: Françoise FORTIER

Paternal grandparents: Antoine FONTAINE , Angélique GODBOUT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FORTIER , Josephte FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU)

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

Pierre-Noel married Marguerite DUBOIS 7 July 1801 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUBOIS was born 10 October 1775 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 2 October 1814 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Michel DUBOIS and Marguerite SIMONEAU.

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE died 8 April 1843 in St-Sylvestre, Quebec, Canada.
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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 Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE married

Marguerite DUBOIS
Marriage date: 7 July 1801
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Marguerite DUBOIS was the child of Michel DUBOIS and Marguerite SIMONEAU

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

Born: 8 June 1802, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Died: 9 February 1866, Broughton, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite PROVENCAL 29 January 1828 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Noel FONTAINE and Marguerite DUBOIS 7 July 1801, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1802 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was born 8 June 1802, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

1814 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DUBOIS died 2 October 1814, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, 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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Noel FONTAINE married 29 January 1828, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marguerite PROVENCAL

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

Death — 1843
8 April 1843
St-Sylvestre, Quebec, Canada

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Last updated: 2/13/2024 10:24:07 PM

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