Jean-Baptiste
HEBERT
Born
20 November 1789
,
Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
25 January 1867
,
Beauharnois, Canada East
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Born: 20 November 1789 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
Father:
Paul HEBERT
Mother:
Madeleine TOUPIN
Paternal grandparents:
François HEBERT dit CANADIEN
, Marie Anne ARSENAULT
Maternal grandparents:
Jean-Pierre TOUPIN
, Madeleine MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Catherine FOURNIER 26 November 1810 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine FOURNIER was born 22 July 1785 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Catherine died 6 February 1840 in Beauharnois, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Veronique ROBERT.
Jean-Baptiste HEBERT died 25 January 1867 in Beauharnois, 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
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 changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste HEBERT
Jean-Baptiste HEBERT married 
Catherine FOURNIER
Marriage date: 26 November 1810
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Catherine FOURNIER was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Veronique ROBERT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Catherine FOURNIERMarriage date: 26 November 1810
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Catherine FOURNIER was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Veronique ROBERT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste HEBERT and Catherine FOURNIER
Domithilde HEBERTMarried: Eustache AUDET dit LAPOINTE 18 January 1842 Place: Beauharnois, Québec, Canada
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Birth — 178920 November 1789
Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1810 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste HEBERT and Catherine FOURNIER 26 November 1810, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)
He was 21 years old.
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 England1821 Birth of ChildDomithilde HEBERT was born 15 January 1821, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Death of Spouse/PartnerCatherine FOURNIER died 6 February 1840, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada1842 Marriage of ChildDomithilde HEBERT married 18 January 1842, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada to Eustache AUDET dit LAPOINTE
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1864 Death of ChildDomithilde HEBERT died 25 April 1864, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 74 years old.
Death — 186725 January 1867
Beauharnois, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.
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