flag male ancestor  Hippolyte  LESSARD

  (b. 20 May 1827 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 31 May 1908 Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada )  

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Hippolyte LESSARD was born 20 May 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Hippolyte LESSARD was the child of Pierre LESSARD   and   Claire BOUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Georges Ignace LESSARD ZILIAC and Marie-Catherine COUTURIER (maternal)  Jean BOUDREAU and Catherine SIMARD

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

Hippolyte  married  Geneviève GUAY 20 October 1846 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GUAY  was born 2 March 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Geneviève died 26 July 1862 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix).  Geneviève was the child of Benoit GUAY and Elisabeth HARVEY.

Hippolyte LESSARD died 31 May 1908 in Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Hippolyte LESSARD 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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Hippolyte LESSARD married flag female ancestor Geneviève GUAY-- Date: 20 October 1846 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
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Geneviève GUAY was the child of Benoit GUAY and Elisabeth HARVEY




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birth1827 Birth
20 May 1827
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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)
marriage1846 Marriage / Partner
Hippolyte LESSARD and Geneviève GUAY 20 October 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 19 years old.
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.
1860 Birth of Child
Genevieve LESSARD was born 26 April 1860, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Hippolyte was 32 years old.
1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève GUAY died 26 July 1862, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)
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
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Invention In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.
death1908 Death
31 May 1908
Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 5/15/2025 6:25:27 PM - Updated: 5/16/2025 12:45:18 PM

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