Joseph DESBIENS

Born

abt. 1826 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

16 December 1895 , St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph DESBIENS

Parents

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Grandparents

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Spouses, Marriages & Children

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Born: abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Joseph DESBIENS

Father

François DESBIENS

Mother

Suzanne GUÉRIN

Grandparents of Joseph DESBIENS

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Marie DESBIENS Anne-Louise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE Marie BOUDREAU

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

Joseph married Genevieve LAPOINTE 11 January 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LAPOINTE was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada. Genevieve died 6 October 1893 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Joseph DESBIENS died 16 December 1895 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, 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 Joseph DESBIENS

Joseph DESBIENS married

Genevieve LAPOINTE
Marriage date: 11 January 1848
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Genevieve LAPOINTE was the child of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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

Children of Joseph DESBIENS and Genevieve LAPOINTE

Marie DESBIENS

Born: abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin TREMBLAY 24 March 1890 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph'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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DESBIENS and Genevieve LAPOINTE 11 January 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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.