Benoit SAVARD

Born

27 March 1804 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

22 October 1883 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Benoit married Reine COTE 16 July 1833 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reine COTE was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada. Reine died 19 July 1875 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Reine was the child of Joseph COTE and Agnes GRAVEL .

Parents & Family of Benoit SAVARD

Parents of Benoit SAVARD

Father

Pierre SAVARD

Mother

Felicite DURBOIS MADOR

Grandparents of Benoit SAVARD

Paternal grandparents

Charles SAVARD Marie-Dorothée PARE

Maternal grandparents

Charles-Amador LIENARD Marguerite LAVOIE

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 Benoit SAVARD

Benoit SAVARD married

Reine COTE
Marriage date: 16 July 1833
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Lower Canada
Reine COTE was the child of Joseph COTE and Agnes GRAVEL

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

Children of Benoit SAVARD and Reine COTE

Therese SAVARD

Born: 14 October 1834, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 22 February 1921, Péribonka, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Francois TREMBLAY 24 July 1854 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Benoit'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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Birth — 1804
27 March 1804
Les Éboulements, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Benoit SAVARD and Reine COTE 16 July 1833, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

He was 29 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Therese SAVARD was born 14 October 1834, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Benoit was 30 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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Therese SAVARD married 24 July 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Francois TREMBLAY

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.