Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

Born

8 June 1802 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

9 February 1866 , Broughton, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE Marguerite DUBOIS

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Born: 8 June 1802 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

Mother: Marguerite DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE , Françoise FORTIER

Maternal grandparents: Michel DUBOIS , Marguerite SIMONEAU

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

Pierre-Noel married Marguerite PROVENCAL 29 January 1828 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PROVENCAL was born 4 July 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce).

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE died 9 February 1866 in Broughton, 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 PROVENCAL
Marriage date: 29 January 1828
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Children of Pierre-Noel FONTAINE and Marguerite PROVENCAL

Marguerite FONTAINE

Born: 12 July 1830, Saint-Sylvestre, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 24 July 1855 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1802
8 June 1802
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Noel FONTAINE and Marguerite PROVENCAL 29 January 1828, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 25 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Marguerite FONTAINE was born 12 July 1830, Saint-Sylvestre, Québec, Canada (East)

Pierre-Noel was 28 years old.

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)

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.