Louis GENEST

(b. 5 June 1771 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 January 1821 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Louis GENEST was born 5 June 1771 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis GENEST was the child of Louis GENEST dit LABARRE and Elisabeth AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GENEST and Rose MARCHAND (maternal) Pierre AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Marie Anne BRUN

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

Louis married Josephte FORTIER 23 November 1801 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte FORTIER was born 30 September 1781 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Josephte was the child of François FORTIER and Elisabeth PLANTE.

Louis GENEST died 27 January 1821 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Louis GENEST 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louis GENEST married

Josephte FORTIER-- Date: 23 November 1801 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Josephte FORTIER was the child of François FORTIER and Elisabeth PLANTE

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Children of Louis GENEST and Josephte FORTIER:

Adelaide GENEST (b.1 July 1807, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Isaac TREMBLAY 26 July 1831 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1771 Birth
5 June 1771
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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)

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

1801 Marriage / Partner
Louis GENEST and Josephte FORTIER 23 November 1801, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 30 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Adelaide GENEST was born 1 July 1807, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Louis was 36 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