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flag male ancestor  Joseph  JOLY

Joseph  married  Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET 11 July 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET  was born 22 July 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marie-Felicite died 3 July 1850 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Marie-Felicite was the child of Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER .

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Joseph  married  Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET 11 July 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET  was born 22 July 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marie-Felicite died 3 July 1850 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East .  Marie-Felicite was the child of Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER.
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 Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET
Marriage date: 11 July 1808
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET was the child of Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER



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

Children of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET


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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

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 — 1786
4 April 1786
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1808 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY and Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET 11 July 1808, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 22 years old.
1809 Birth of Child
Joseph JOLY was born 17 April 1809, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Joseph was 23 years old.
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 of Child
Joseph JOLY married 4 February 1828, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada to Marguerite DOUCET
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)
1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET died 3 July 1850, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)
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.
DeathDeath — 1865
18 March 1865
Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East
He died at the age of 79.
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