François PERRON

(b. 27 February 1818 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1869 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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François PERRON was born 27 February 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

François PERRON was the child of Antoine PERRON and Celeste-Olive MALTAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PERRON and Marie-Angelique IMBEAULT (maternal) Alexis MALTAIS and Marie-Godefride TREMBLAY

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

François married Mathilde RATTE 7 February 1842 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde RATTE was born 17 May 1823 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Mathilde died 25 November 1854 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Mathilde was the child of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER.

François PERRON died 1 May 1869 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

François PERRON 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

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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.

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François PERRON married

Mathilde RATTE-- Date: 7 February 1842 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

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Mathilde RATTE was the child of Thomas RATTÉ (RATE) and Julienne-Madeleine COUTURIER

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Children of François PERRON and Mathilde RATTE:

Thomas PERRON (b.31 August 1845, La Baie, Canada East d. march 18 1928, Roberval, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie HARVEY 14 July 1874 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1818 Birth
27 February 1818
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
François PERRON and Mathilde RATTE 7 February 1842, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Thomas PERRON was born 31 August 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

François was 27 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathilde RATTE died 25 November 1854, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.