Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

Born

13 June 1806 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

11 March 1876 , Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

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Born: 13 June 1806 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

Father

Antoine CROISETIERE

Mother

Madeleine ALLARD

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

Paternal grandparents

Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE Marie-Josephte HEROUX

Maternal grandparents

Pierre ALLARD Elisabeth CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 29 October 1832 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was born 1 October 1801 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . Emilie died 20 March 1877 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada. Emilie was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Josephte PAQUIN.

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE died 11 March 1876 in Saint-Damien de Brandon, 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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE married

Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)
Marriage date: 29 October 1832
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Josephte PAQUIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

Luce CROISETIERE

Born: 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 23 January 1902, St-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS 7 February 1853 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean-Baptiste's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1806
13 June 1806
Saint-Cuthbert, 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 29 October 1832, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Luce CROISETIERE was born 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.

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

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.