Louis-Joseph-Olivier
PIGEON
(b.
02/10/1830
,
Verchères, Lower Canada
d.
04/06/1895
,
Verchères, Québec, Canada
)
Age: 65
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Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON was born 02/10/1830 in Verchères, Lower Canada
Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis-Joseph-Olivier married Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON was born 03/25/1825 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Sophie-Catherine died 03/10/1908 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres).
Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON died 04/06/1895 in Verchères, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON 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
Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON 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 Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON
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Children of Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON and Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON:
Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON (b.07/29/1858, Verchères, Canada East d. 05/04/1940, Arr. du Plateau, Montréal, Qc, Canada)
m. Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE 02/25/1905
Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON-- Place: Children of Louis-Joseph-Olivier PIGEON and Marie-Sophie-Catherine GUYON:
Joseph-Hormisdas PIGEON (b.07/29/1858, Verchères, Canada East d. 05/04/1940, Arr. du Plateau, Montréal, Qc, Canada)m. Marie-Aurélie-Flore LAROSE 02/25/1905
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1830 Birth 02/10/1830
Verchères, Lower Canada
1837 - 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)
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.1858 Birth of ChildJoseph-Hormisdas PIGEON was born 07/29/1858, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Louis-Joseph-Olivier was 28 years old.
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 Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1895 Death 04/06/1895
Verchères, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 65.
Louis-Joseph-Olivier is buried at: Cimetière St-François-Xavier de Verchères, Qc, Canada
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