Jean-Baptiste
MARTINEAU
(b.
22 October 1807
,
Joliette, Lower Canada
d.
10 September 1892
,
St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada
)
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MARTINEAU Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU was born 22 October 1807 in Joliette, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Marguerite DEZIEL dite LABRECHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude MARTINEAU and Angelique ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Joseph DEZIEL dit LABRECHE and Therese GOGUET (GOYETTE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS 30 June 1828 in Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS was born 22 April 1811 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Esther died 17 June 1894 in St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada. Esther was the child of Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT and Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE.
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU died 10 September 1892 in St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU 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
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU 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 Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU
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Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS-- Date: 30 June 1828 Place: Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS was the child of Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT and Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS:
Adeline MARTINEAU (b.abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 June 1886, )
m. Francois LAPLANTE 15 February 1858
Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS-- Date: 30 June 1828 Place: Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, CanadaEsther GILBERT dite COMTOIS was the child of Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT and Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS:
Adeline MARTINEAU (b.abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 June 1886, )m. Francois LAPLANTE 15 February 1858
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Discovering the Ancestry of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU: Events, Photos & Historical Records
1807 Birth 22 October 1807
Joliette, 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 England
1828 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS 30 June 1828, Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada
He was 20 years old.
1830 - 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)
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 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 Canada
1892 Death 10 September 1892
St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 84.
Added: 6/10/2025 1:26:22 PM
- Updated: 6/10/2025 1:36:00 PM
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