Joseph
PICHE
(b.
29 April 1816
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
d.
20 September 1888
,
Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada
)
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PICHE Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Joseph PICHE was born 29 April 1816 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Joseph PICHE was the child of Jean-Louis PICHE and Marguerite PROVENCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PICHE and Marie-Thérèse LANGLOIS (maternal) Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie BLACKBURN 10 August 1850 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BLACKBURN was born 28 April 1833 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie died 5 December 1911 in Saint-Honoré, Saguenay, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph BLACKBURN and Marie HARVEY.
Joseph PICHE died 20 September 1888 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Joseph PICHE 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
Joseph PICHE 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 Joseph PICHE
[Hide/Show]Joseph PICHE married 
Marie BLACKBURN-- Date: 10 August 1850 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
See marriage record for Joseph PICHE and Marie BLACKBURN
Marie BLACKBURN was the child of Joseph BLACKBURN and Marie HARVEY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph PICHE and Marie BLACKBURN:
Adele PICHE (b.abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 January 1893, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Alfred TREMBLAY 22 September 1879 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)
Marie BLACKBURN-- Date: 10 August 1850 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East See marriage record for Joseph PICHE and Marie BLACKBURNMarie BLACKBURN was the child of Joseph BLACKBURN and Marie HARVEY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph PICHE and Marie BLACKBURN:
Adele PICHE (b.abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 January 1893, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )m. Alfred TREMBLAY 22 September 1879 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi)
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1816 Birth 29 April 1816
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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)
1850 Marriage / PartnerJoseph PICHE and Marie BLACKBURN 10 August 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
He was 34 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1879 Marriage of ChildAdele PICHE married 22 September 1879, Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne de Chicoutimi) to Alfred TREMBLAY
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.
1888 Death 20 September 1888
Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 72.
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