Adolphe ST-GELAIS

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17 August 1824 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Sauveur ST-GELAIS Judith POTVIN

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Born: 17 August 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Sauveur ST-GELAIS

Mother: Judith POTVIN

Paternal grandparents: Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS , Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Scholastique THIBAULT

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

Adolphe married Madeleine COTE 2 May 1848 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine COTE was born 17 March 1820 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Emerentienne GIRARD.

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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

Spouse & Children of Adolphe ST-GELAIS

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Adolphe ST-GELAIS married

Madeleine COTE
Marriage date: 2 May 1848
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East
Madeleine COTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Emerentienne GIRARD

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

Children of Adolphe ST-GELAIS and Madeleine COTE

Adele ST-GELAIS

Born: 8 July 1849, La Baie, Canada East
Died: abt. 1924, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 11 February 1867 Place: Laterrière, Canada East

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1824
17 August 1824
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1848 Marriage / Partner
Adolphe ST-GELAIS and Madeleine COTE 2 May 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 23 years old.

1849 Birth of Child
Adele ST-GELAIS was born 8 July 1849, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Adolphe was 24 years old.

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