Toussaint PROVOST

Born

14 August 1802 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

Died

29 December 1855 , Longueuil, Canada East

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Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST)Marie-Anne MÉNARD dite BELLEROSE

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Born: 14 August 1802 in Longueuil, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST)

Mother: Marie-Anne MÉNARD dite BELLEROSE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PROVOST , Charlotte LAMOUREAUX

Maternal grandparents: Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE , Marie Anne DENOYON

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

Toussaint married Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL 11 January 1825 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL was born abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Sophie died 16 July 1834 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Sophie was the child of Joseph NORMANDIN dit BEAUSOLEIL and Geneviève LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC.

Toussaint PROVOST died 29 December 1855 in Longueuil, Canada East .
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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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Toussaint PROVOST married

Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL
Marriage date: 11 January 1825
Marriage place: Boucherville, Lower Canada

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Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Joseph NORMANDIN dit BEAUSOLEIL and Geneviève LACOSTE dite LANGUEDOC

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Children of Toussaint PROVOST and Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL

Aglae PROVOST

Born: 17 February 1827, Boucherville, Lower Canada
Died: 30 November 1900, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Francois-Xavier ROBERT 6 February 1844 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Birth — 1802
14 August 1802
Longueuil, 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint PROVOST and Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL 11 January 1825, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Aglae PROVOST was born 17 February 1827, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Toussaint was 24 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL died 16 July 1834, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Aglae PROVOST married 6 February 1844, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Francois-Xavier ROBERT

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.

Death — 1855
29 December 1855
Longueuil, Canada East
He died at the age of 53.

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