Joseph DUBE

(b. 1 August 1778 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 June 1827 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DUBE was born 1 August 1778 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DUBE was the child of Alexandre DUBE and Marie-Madeleine LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexandre DUBE and Jeanne-Marguerite LEVESQUE (maternal) Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Claire THIBOUTOT

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

Joseph married Victoire LEVESQUE 15 April 1799 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victoire LEVESQUE was born 16 November 1775 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Victoire was the child of Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie-Reine MORIN.

Joseph DUBE died 15 June 1827 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .

m. Levesque Victoire

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Occupation

Joseph DUBE 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

farmer

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 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph DUBE married

Victoire LEVESQUE-- Date: 15 April 1799 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Victoire LEVESQUE was the child of Pierre LEVESQUE and Marie-Reine MORIN

Children of Joseph DUBE and Victoire LEVESQUE:

Pierre DUBE (b.18 February 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 21 January 1867, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East )
m. Angélique CARON 14 February 1831 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1778 Birth
1 August 1778
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUBE and Victoire LEVESQUE 15 April 1799, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 20 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Birth of Child
Pierre DUBE was born 18 February 1805, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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