Michel DUBE

Born

10 November 1801 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

25 August 1867 , L'Isle-Verte, Canada East

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Basile DUBE Catherine APRIL

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Born: 10 November 1801 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Basile DUBE

Mother: Catherine APRIL

Paternal grandparents: Basile DUBE , Louise COTE

Maternal grandparents: François APRIL (APRILLE) , Geneviève AYOTTE

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

Michel married Angele THERIAULT 18 October 1841 in L'Isle-Verte, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele THERIAULT was born 14 November 1820 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Angele died 25 June 1892 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Angele was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERIAULT and Madeleine OUELLET.

Michel DUBE died 25 August 1867 in L'Isle-Verte, Canada East .
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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

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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Spouse & Children of Michel DUBE

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Michel DUBE married

Angele THERIAULT
Marriage date: 18 October 1841
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Canada East

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Angele THERIAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste THERIAULT and Madeleine OUELLET

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Children of Michel DUBE and Angele THERIAULT

Josephine DUBE

Born: 7 July 1850, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Died: 16 April 1922, Rivière-du-Loup, St-François-Xavier, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 8 July 1872 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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Birth — 1801
10 November 1801
Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Michel DUBE and Angele THERIAULT 18 October 1841, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

He was 39 years old.

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Josephine DUBE was born 7 July 1850, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Michel was 48 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)