Nicolas MORISSET

Born

6 March 1780 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

25 October 1840 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE)Marie-Louise-Elisabeth BROUSSEAU

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Born: 6 March 1780 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

Mother: Marie-Louise-Elisabeth BROUSSEAU

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE) , Marie-Catherine BLAIS

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BROUSSEAU , Marie-Louise-Elisabeth GAGNON

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

Nicolas married Marie-Angelique ISABELLE 16 February 1801 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique ISABELLE was born 21 September 1784 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Angelique died 4 February 1835 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Angelique was the child of Louis ISABELLE and Barbe-Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE.

Nicolas MORISSET died 25 October 1840 in Québec, Lower Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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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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Spouse & Children of Nicolas MORISSET

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Nicolas MORISSET married

Marie-Angelique ISABELLE
Marriage date: 16 February 1801
Marriage place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Marie-Angelique ISABELLE was the child of Louis ISABELLE and Barbe-Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

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Children of Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Angelique ISABELLE

Louis MORISSET

Born: 13 April 1807, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Died: 8 June 1881, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Louise LABONTE 25 October 1831 Place: Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1780
6 March 1780
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas MORISSET and Marie-Angelique ISABELLE 16 February 1801, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Louis MORISSET was born 13 April 1807, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Nicolas was 27 years old.

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