flag male ancestor  Joseph  DESBIENS

  (b. abt. 1826 Québec Province, Canada   d. 16 December 1895 St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada )  

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Joseph DESBIENS was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph DESBIENS was the child of François DESBIENS   and   Suzanne GUÉRIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY (maternal)  Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie BOUDREAU

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Joseph  married  Genevieve LAPOINTE 11 January 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LAPOINTE  was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Genevieve died 6 October 1893 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada.  Genevieve was the child of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Joseph DESBIENS died 16 December 1895 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada.
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Occupation

Joseph DESBIENS 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.

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Joseph DESBIENS married flag female ancestor Genevieve LAPOINTE-- Date: 11 January 1848 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
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Genevieve LAPOINTE was the child of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD




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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)
marriage1848 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DESBIENS and Genevieve LAPOINTE 11 January 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
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
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.
marriage1890 Marriage of Child
Marie DESBIENS married 24 March 1890, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Augustin TREMBLAY
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
1893 Death of Spouse/Partner
Genevieve LAPOINTE died 6 October 1893, St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1895 Death
16 December 1895
St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada
Added: 5/4/2024 4:11:45 PM - Updated: 5/4/2024 4:13:57 PM

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