Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS

Born

21 September 1798 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

30 April 1893 , Saint-Damien, Quebec, Canada

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Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS Charlotte POTHIER

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Born: 21 September 1798 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Father: Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS

Mother: Charlotte POTHIER

Paternal grandparents: Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS , Josephte-Anne PIETTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Joseph POTHIER , Marie-Madeleine CADORET

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

Toussaint married Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 24 August 1818 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 17 January 1803 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Louise died 9 January 1852 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Josephe BERGERON.

Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS died 30 April 1893 in Saint-Damien, Quebec, Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Spouse & Children of Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS married

Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD
Marriage date: 24 August 1818
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Josephe BERGERON

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Children of Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

Born: 7 January 1823, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 20 June 1906, St-Damien de Brandon, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Married: Luce CROISETIERE 7 February 1853 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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Birth — 1798
21 September 1798
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 24 August 1818, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 19 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS was born 7 January 1823, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Toussaint was 24 years old.

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)

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)

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 9 January 1852, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

1853 Marriage of Child
Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS married 7 February 1853, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Luce CROISETIERE

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.