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flag male ancestor  Pierre  POIRIER

Born
29 January 1824 Sorel, Lower Canada
Died
13 January 1894 Sorel, Québec, Canada
Pierre  married  Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 in Sorel, Canada East . 
Catherine PLANTE  was born 29 April 1825 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Catherine was the child of Joseph PLANTE and Victoire PELLETIER .

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Pierre  married  Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 in Sorel, Canada East .  Catherine PLANTE  was born 29 April 1825 in Sorel, Lower Canada .  Catherine was the child of Joseph PLANTE and Victoire PELLETIER.
WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

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 Pierre POIRIER

Pierre POIRIER married flag female ancestor Catherine PLANTE
Marriage date: 12 January 1847
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Catherine PLANTE was the child of Joseph PLANTE and Victoire PELLETIER



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

Children of Pierre POIRIER and Catherine PLANTE

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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 — 1824
29 January 1824
Sorel, Lower Canada
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)
marriage1847 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POIRIER and Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 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.
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
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
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
DeathDeath — 1894
13 January 1894
Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 70.
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