Augustin
DUFOUR
(b.
15 November 1815
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
29 May 1894
,
Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada
)
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Augustin DUFOUR was born 15 November 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Augustin DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR and Emerentienne BLACKBURN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François DUFOUR and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON (maternal) Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN and Genevieve GAGNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Augustin married Felicite LAVOIE 9 October 1849 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite LAVOIE was born 28 September 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Theotiste BOIVIN.
Augustin DUFOUR died 29 May 1894 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Augustin DUFOUR 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Augustin DUFOUR 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
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 changesFrom 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 Augustin DUFOUR
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Felicite LAVOIE-- Date: 9 October 1849 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East
See marriage record for Augustin DUFOUR and Felicite LAVOIE
Felicite LAVOIE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Theotiste BOIVIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Augustin DUFOUR and Felicite LAVOIE:
Virginie DUFOUR (b.24 January 1853, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )
m. Reul TREMBLAY 25 April 1870 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)
Felicite LAVOIE-- Date: 9 October 1849 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East See marriage record for Augustin DUFOUR and Felicite LAVOIEFelicite LAVOIE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Theotiste BOIVIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Augustin DUFOUR and Felicite LAVOIE:
Virginie DUFOUR (b.24 January 1853, Chicoutimi, Canada East d. , )m. Reul TREMBLAY 25 April 1870 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)
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1815 Birth 15 November 1815
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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 Marriage / PartnerAugustin DUFOUR and Felicite LAVOIE 9 October 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
He was 33 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1853 Birth of ChildVirginie DUFOUR was born 24 January 1853, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
Augustin was 37 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 Marriage of ChildVirginie DUFOUR married 25 April 1870, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi) to Reul TREMBLAY
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1894 Death 29 May 1894
Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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