Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE

(b. 13 June 1806 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 11 March 1876 , Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was born 13 June 1806 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE was the child of Antoine CROISETIERE and Madeleine ALLARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE and Marie-Josephte HEROUX (maternal) Pierre ALLARD and Elisabeth CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 29 October 1832 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was born 1 October 1801 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Emilie died 20 March 1877 in St-Damien-de-Brandon, Canada. Emilie was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Josephte PAQUIN.

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE died 11 March 1876 in Saint-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE 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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Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE married

Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)-- Date: 29 October 1832 Place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Josephte PAQUIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN):

Luce CROISETIERE (b.27 October 1833, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1902, St-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada)
m. Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS 7 February 1853 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1806 Birth
13 June 1806
Saint-Cuthbert, 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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 29 October 1832, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 26 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Luce CROISETIERE was born 27 October 1833, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Luce CROISETIERE married 7 February 1853, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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.