Pierre
POIRIER
(b.
29 January 1824
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
d.
13 January 1894
,
Sorel, Québec, Canada
)
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Pierre POIRIER was born 29 January 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada
Pierre POIRIER was the child of Pierre POIRIER and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François POIRIER and Louise LAGUERCE (maternal) Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Louise HUS MILLETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 in Sorel, Canada East . Catherine PLANTE was born 29 April 1825 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine was the child of Joseph PLANTE and Victoire PELLETIER.
Pierre POIRIER died 13 January 1894 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Pierre POIRIER 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Pierre POIRIER 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
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 changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Pierre POIRIER
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Catherine PLANTE-- Date: 12 January 1847 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:
Catherine PLANTE-- Date: 12 January 1847 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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1824 Birth 29 January 1824
Sorel, Lower Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1847 Marriage / PartnerPierre POIRIER and Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 22 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1894 Death 13 January 1894
Sorel, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 70.
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