Jacques CARDIN

(b. 27 February 1799 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1882 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )

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Jacques CARDIN was born 27 February 1799 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jacques CARDIN was the child of Jacques LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marguerite ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Jeanne CARRÉ (maternal) Pierre-Marie ÉTHIER and Madeleine LANDRY

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

Jacques married Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE 9 November 1819 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE was born 2 October 1798 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Anne died 26 April 1876 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis-Paul SYLVESTRE and Ursule PERRAULT.

Jacques CARDIN died 19 April 1882 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jacques CARDIN 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

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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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Jacques CARDIN married

Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 9 November 1819 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Louis-Paul SYLVESTRE and Ursule PERRAULT

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Children of Jacques CARDIN and Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE:

Athanase CARDIN (b.31 January 1821, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 24 June 1916, Sorel, Québec, Canada )
m. Judith-Julie LAVALLÉE 4 August 1840 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1799 Birth
27 February 1799
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Jacques CARDIN and Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE 9 November 1819, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 20 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Athanase CARDIN was born 31 January 1821, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jacques was 21 years old.

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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Athanase CARDIN married 4 August 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Judith-Julie LAVALLÉE

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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 - 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.