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flag male ancestor  Joseph  JOLY

Joseph  married  Marguerite DOUCET 4 February 1828 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DOUCET  was born 1 June 1811 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .  Marguerite died 24 June 1860 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Marguerite was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE .

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Joseph  married  Marguerite DOUCET 4 February 1828 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DOUCET  was born 1 June 1811 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .  Marguerite died 24 June 1860 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Marguerite was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.
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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph JOLY

Joseph JOLY married flag female ancestor Marguerite DOUCET
Marriage date: 4 February 1828
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE



Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET


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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.


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BirthBirth — 1809
17 April 1809
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1828 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET 4 February 1828, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 18 years old.
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)
1848 Birth of Child
Norbert JOLY was born 28 October 1848, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

Joseph was 39 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DOUCET died 24 June 1860, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)
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
marriage1868 Marriage of Child
Norbert JOLY married 17 February 1868, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada to Esther DESROSIERS
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
DeathDeath — 1881
10 June 1881
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 72.
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