Jean-Baptiste
FRECHETTE
(b.
5 November 1792
,
Chambly, Lower Canada
d.
20 November 1842
,
Sainte-Martine, Canada East
)
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Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was born 5 November 1792 in Chambly, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne HODIESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT (maternal) Gervais HODIESNE and Marguerite LAREAUJean-Baptiste FRECHETTE died 20 November 1842 in Sainte-Martine, Canada East.
m. Martin Rosalie
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
Occupation
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was a forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was a forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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