flag male ancestor  Alexandre  BELLEY

  (b. 3 August 1827 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 2 April 1911 St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada )  

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Alexandre BELLEY was born 3 August 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Alexandre BELLEY was the child of Francois BELLEY   and   Ursule SAULNIER dite LACOULINE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  René-Ulric BELLEY and Madeleine GAGNON (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste SAULNIER and Marie LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

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

Alexandre  married  Louise VANDAL 17 February 1852 in La Baie, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise VANDAL  was born 2 December 1832 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada.  Louise died 3 October 1904 in St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada.  Louise was the child of Adolphe VANDAL and Adelaide TREMBLAY.

Alexandre BELLEY died 2 April 1911 in St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Alexandre BELLEY 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
Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Alexandre BELLEY

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Alexandre BELLEY married flag female ancestor Louise VANDAL-- Date: 17 February 1852 Place: La Baie, Canada East
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Louise VANDAL was the child of Adolphe VANDAL and Adelaide TREMBLAY




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Children of Alexandre BELLEY and Louise VANDAL:

flag female ancestor Alphida BELLEY (b.17 September 1877, Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada   d. 26 December 1966, Jonquière, Québec, Canada)
m. Napoleon SIMARD 29 April 1895



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birth1827 Birth
3 August 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
marriage1852 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre BELLEY and Louise VANDAL 17 February 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

He was 24 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1877 Birth of Child
Alphida BELLEY was born 17 September 1877, Saint-Gédéon, Québec, Canada (St-Gedeon)

Alexandre was 50 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1904 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise VANDAL died 3 October 1904, St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada
Invention In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.
Kings and Queens1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England
death1911 Death
2 April 1911
St-Gedeon, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 83.
Added: 4/16/2024 3:17:18 PM - Updated: 4/16/2024 3:20:22 PM

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