Michel GOSSELIN

(b. 12 July 1766 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 May 1815 , Deschambault, Lower Canada )

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Michel GOSSELIN was born 12 July 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GOSSELIN was the child of Basile GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume GOSSELIN and Geneviève GRAVEL (maternal) Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE

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

Michel married Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 9 January 1792 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was born 9 September 1770 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Francoise died 19 November 1839 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Francoise was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Françoise MATHIEU.

Michel GOSSELIN died 5 May 1815 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Michel GOSSELIN 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

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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Michel GOSSELIN married

Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)-- Date: 9 January 1792 Place: Deschambault, Lower Canada
Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Françoise MATHIEU

Children of Michel GOSSELIN and Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN):

Elisabeth GOSSELIN (b.29 June 1812, Deschambault, Lower Canada d. 2 November 1880, Somerset, St Croix, Wisconsin, USA)
m. Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN 14 June 1831 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1766 Birth
12 July 1766
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Michel GOSSELIN and Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 9 January 1792, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 25 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1812 Birth of Child
Elisabeth GOSSELIN was born 29 June 1812, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Michel was 45 years old.