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Maxime DUFOUR was born 25 March 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Maxime DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Anne GUAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUFOUR and Genevieve BOUCHARD (maternal) François GUAY (CASTONGUAY) and Marie-Josephte ALLAIRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Maxime married Adelaide ALLARD 10 January 1843 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide ALLARD was born 17 February 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide died 2 February 1906 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide was the child of Louis ALLARD and Charlotte SIMARD.
Occupation
Maxime DUFOUR was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Maxime DUFOUR was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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