Jean-Baptiste
MCMURRAY
(b.
3 December 1815
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
d.
9 December 1895
,
St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
)
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Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY was born 3 December 1815 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY was the child of Jean Baptiste MCMURRAY and Françoise SIMARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Basile SIMARD and Francoise BOLDUCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Helene HENRICHON 3 October 1842 in L'Assomption, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Helene HENRICHON was born 18 August 1820 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Helene died 12 November 1894 in St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Marie-Helene was the child of Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY and Marie CYR.
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY died 9 December 1895 in St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation
Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY 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 MCMURRAY 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 MCMURRAY
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Marie-Helene HENRICHON-- Date: 3 October 1842 Place: L'Assomption, Canada East
Marie-Helene HENRICHON was the child of Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY and Marie CYR
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY and Marie-Helene HENRICHON:
Charles MCMURRAY (b.1 June 1855, St-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 11 June 1917, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada)
m. Amanda LACOURSIERE 15 October 1878
Marie-Helene HENRICHON-- Date: 3 October 1842 Place: L'Assomption, Canada East Marie-Helene HENRICHON was the child of Ignace HENRICHON dit JARRY and Marie CYR
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY and Marie-Helene HENRICHON:
Charles MCMURRAY (b.1 June 1855, St-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East d. 11 June 1917, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada)m. Amanda LACOURSIERE 15 October 1878
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Discovering the Ancestry of Jean-Baptiste MCMURRAY: Events, Photos & Historical Records
1815 Birth 3 December 1815
L'Assomption, 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
1842 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste MCMURRAY and Marie-Helene HENRICHON 3 October 1842, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
He was 26 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1855 Birth of ChildCharles MCMURRAY was born 1 June 1855, St-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.
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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1894 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Helene HENRICHON died 12 November 1894, St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1895 Death 9 December 1895
St-Alexis des Monts, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 80.
Added: 9/2/2025 12:38:22 PM
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