Jean-Baptiste FRADET

Born

2 April 1733 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

9 May 1814 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Augustin FRADET Geneviève LECLERC

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Born: 2 April 1733 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin FRADET

Mother: Geneviève LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR , Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LECLERC , Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe BOULAY 23 April 1759 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BOULAY was born 7 May 1734 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Marie-Josephe died 24 February 1812 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph BOULAY and Monique MEUNIER.

Jean-Baptiste FRADET died 9 May 1814 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
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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 Jean-Baptiste FRADET

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Jean-Baptiste FRADET married

Marie-Josephe BOULAY
Marriage date: 23 April 1759
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe BOULAY was the child of Joseph BOULAY and Monique MEUNIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste FRADET and Marie-Josephe BOULAY

Marie-Anne FRADET

Born: abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph LEMIEUX 15 February 1813 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1733
2 April 1733
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FRADET and Marie-Josephe BOULAY 23 April 1759, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 26 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe BOULAY died 24 February 1812, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1813 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FRADET married 15 February 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Joseph LEMIEUX

Death — 1814
9 May 1814
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 81.

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