Joseph MOLLEUR

Born

14 March 1802 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

5 February 1883 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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François MOLLEUR Archange DUBUC

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Born: 14 March 1802 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: François MOLLEUR

Mother: Archange DUBUC

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptise MOLLEUR dit LALLEMAND , Marie-Helene MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Michel-Pascal DUBUC , Madeleine-Helene RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS

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

Joseph married Madeleine RICHARD 27 September 1831 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine RICHARD was born abt. 1813 in Québec Province, Canada. Madeleine died 3 January 1839 in Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada. Madeleine was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie ROY.

Joseph MOLLEUR died 5 February 1883 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, 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

Spouse & Children of Joseph MOLLEUR

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Joseph MOLLEUR married

Madeleine RICHARD
Marriage date: 27 September 1831
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Madeleine RICHARD was the child of Joseph RICHARD and Marie ROY

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

Children of Joseph MOLLEUR and Madeleine RICHARD

Marceline MOLLEUR

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 August 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East

Married: Elie FORTIN 27 June 1848 Place: Saint-Valentin, 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

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Birth — 1802
14 March 1802
L'Acadie, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MOLLEUR and Madeleine RICHARD 27 September 1831, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 29 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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine RICHARD died 3 January 1839, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Marceline MOLLEUR married 27 June 1848, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Elie FORTIN

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

1858 Death of Child
Marceline MOLLEUR died 23 August 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph was 56 years old.

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.