flag male ancestor  Desire  TURCOTTE

  (b. abt. 1822 Québec Province, Canada   d. 25 December 1887 Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )  

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Desire TURCOTTE was born abt. 1822 in Québec Province, Canada

Desire TURCOTTE was the child of Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT)   and   Marie-Madeleine BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Josephte GAUMOND (maternal)  Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS

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Desire  married  Marie TREMBLAY 19 November 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie TREMBLAY  was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Therese BELLEY.

Desire TURCOTTE died 25 December 1887 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Desire TURCOTTE 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

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Did You Know? 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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Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1844 Marriage / Partner
Desire TURCOTTE and Marie TREMBLAY 19 November 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
1847 Birth of Child
Adele TURCOTTE was born 26 March 1847, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
1850 Birth of Child
Marthe TURCOTTE was born 2 January 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1876 Marriage of Child
Marthe TURCOTTE married 24 January 1876, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Francois TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1879 Death of Child
Marthe TURCOTTE died 24 July 1879, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)
marriage1881 Marriage of Child
Adele TURCOTTE married 24 January 1881, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Francois TREMBLAY
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1887 Death
25 December 1887
Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada
Added: 11/28/2024 2:44:17 PM - Updated: 11/28/2024 2:46:52 PM

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