Etienne COUTURE

Born

26 November 1794 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

17 November 1871 , Lambton, Québec, Canada

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Etienne COUTURE Elisabeth POULIOT

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Born: 26 November 1794 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne COUTURE

Mother: Elisabeth POULIOT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph COUTURE dit BELLERIVE , Marguerite TURGEON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre POULIOT , Elisabeth LACROIX

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

Etienne married Marie-Marguerite COUTURE 1 July 1817 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite COUTURE was born 27 August 1801 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite died 13 October 1876 in Lambton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Vital). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Antoine COUTURE and Francoise BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE.

Etienne COUTURE died 17 November 1871 in Lambton, Québec, 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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Marie-Marguerite COUTURE
Marriage date: 1 July 1817
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite COUTURE was the child of Antoine COUTURE and Francoise BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE

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Children of Etienne COUTURE and Marie-Marguerite COUTURE

Marie-Perpetue COUTURE

Born: 2 August 1826, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gregoire CARON 7 January 1845 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
26 November 1794
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Etienne COUTURE and Marie-Marguerite COUTURE 1 July 1817, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie-Perpetue COUTURE was born 2 August 1826, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 31 years old.

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Marie-Perpetue COUTURE married 7 January 1845, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Gregoire CARON

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.