Ignace DESHAIES

Born

abt. 1754 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

20 June 1831 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Augustin DESHAIES Anne-Celeste BOURBEAU

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Born: abt. 1754 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin DESHAIES

Mother: Anne-Celeste BOURBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR , Marguerite GUILLET

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE , Thérèse CARPENTIER

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Ignace married Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR 7 April 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR was born 3 January 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Francoise died 13 September 1849 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Francoise was the child of Charles-Joseph DESHAIES dit ST-CYR and Claire-Amable RICHARD.

Ignace DESHAIES died 20 June 1831 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur, Milicien

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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Ignace DESHAIES married

Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR
Marriage date: 7 April 1777
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR was the child of Charles-Joseph DESHAIES dit ST-CYR and Claire-Amable RICHARD

Children of Ignace DESHAIES and Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR

Marie-Josephe DESHAIES

Born: 21 January 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER 22 July 1799 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Ignace DESHAIES and Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR 7 April 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES was born 21 January 1778, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES married 22 July 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER

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.

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