Joseph JOLY

(b. 17 April 1809 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 10 June 1881 , Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph JOLY was born 17 April 1809 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Joseph JOLY was the child of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JOLY and Marie-Louise BONIN (maternal) Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER

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

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, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite died 24 June 1860 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix). Marguerite was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Joseph JOLY died 10 June 1881 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph JOLY 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

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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.

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Joseph JOLY married

Marguerite DOUCET-- Date: 4 February 1828 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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Children of Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET:

Norbert JOLY (b.28 October 1848, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 20 December 1927, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )
m. Esther DESROSIERS 17 February 1868 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

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1809 Birth
17 April 1809
Sainte-Élisabeth, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY and Marguerite DOUCET 4 February 1828, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 18 years old.

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 - 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)

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

Joseph was 39 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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 - 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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite DOUCET died 24 June 1860, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - 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.