Louis ETHIER

(b. 7 May 1801 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1886 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada )

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Louis ETHIER was born 7 May 1801 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Louis ETHIER was the child of Pierre ÉTHIER and Marguerite GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul ÉTHIER and Angélique CHARBONNEAU (maternal) Philippe GIRARD and Veronique DUSSAULT dite LAFLEUR

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

Louis married Marie-Josephe POITRAS 10 November 1828 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephe POITRAS was born 7 July 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 7 January 1845 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph-Francois POITRAS dit TURENNE and Marie-Anne SENECAL (SENECHAL).

Louis married (2) Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) 17 February 1852 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East . Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) was born 12 June 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire died 21 June 1890 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire was the child of Michel SENECHAL and Marie-Therese LESCARBEAU.

Louis ETHIER died 31 January 1886 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada.

m. Poitras Marie-Josephe
m. Senecal Marie-Victoire

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Occupation

Louis ETHIER was a Fermier.
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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Louis ETHIER married

Marie-Josephe POITRAS-- Date: 10 November 1828 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe POITRAS was the child of Joseph-Francois POITRAS dit TURENNE and Marie-Anne SENECAL (SENECHAL)

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Louis ETHIER married

Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL)-- Date: 17 February 1852 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East
Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) was the child of Michel SENECHAL and Marie-Therese LESCARBEAU

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1801 Birth
7 May 1801
L'Assomption, 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
Louis ETHIER and Marie-Josephe POITRAS 10 November 1828, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 27 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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe POITRAS died 7 January 1845, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Louis ETHIER and Marie-Victoire SENECAL (SENECHAL) 17 February 1852, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 50 years old.

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

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.