Francois MORNEAU

(b. 4 March 1798 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 3 June 1870 , Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada )

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Francois MORNEAU was born 4 March 1798 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Francois MORNEAU was the child of Jean-Pierre MORNEAU and Marie-Claire PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORNEAU and Madeleine OUELLET (maternal) Joseph-Marie PELLETIER and Madeleine SOUCY

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

Francois married Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 20 October 1818 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 13 February 1801 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Edesse died 13 November 1875 in Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Edesse was the child of Jean-Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie-Claire MORIN.

Francois MORNEAU died 3 June 1870 in Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Francois MORNEAU was a 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

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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.

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Francois MORNEAU married

Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT-- Date: 20 October 1818 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Jean-Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie-Claire MORIN

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Children of Francois MORNEAU and Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT:

Luc MORNEAU (b.15 August 1837, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1867, Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Canada East)
m. Adele OUELLETTE 5 July 1859

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1798 Birth
4 March 1798
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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
Francois MORNEAU and Marie-Edesse ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 20 October 1818, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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

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

1837 Birth of Child
Luc MORNEAU was born 15 August 1837, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Francois was 39 years old.

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.

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.