John-Crosby
TOWNER
(b.
27 December 1817
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
abt. 1894
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
)
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John-Crosby TOWNER was born 27 December 1817 in Québec Province, Canada
John-Crosby TOWNER was the child of Ithiel TOWNER and Ellen Isabella WATSONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
John-Crosby married Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE 22 January 1839 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE was born 26 March 1813 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 1 April 1873 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean).
John-Crosby married (2) Rose-Olive LANOUE 8 November 1873 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada . Rose-Olive LANOUE was born 9 June 1816 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Rose-Olive died 1 April 1890 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Rose-Olive was the child of Joseph-Jacques LANOUE and Anastasie DUPUIS.
John-Crosby TOWNER died abt. 1894 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada .
son of Ithiel Towner and Ellen Isabella Watson
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Occupation
John-Crosby TOWNER was a Farmer.
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
John-Crosby TOWNER was a Farmer.
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 John-Crosby TOWNER
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Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE-- Date: 22 January 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of John-Crosby TOWNER and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE:
John-Crosby TOWNER married Rose-Olive LANOUE-- Date: 8 November 1873 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
Rose-Olive LANOUE was the child of Joseph-Jacques LANOUE and Anastasie DUPUIS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of John-Crosby TOWNER and Rose-Olive LANOUE:
Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE-- Date: 22 January 1839 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of John-Crosby TOWNER and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE:
John-Crosby TOWNER married
Rose-Olive LANOUE-- Date: 8 November 1873 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada Rose-Olive LANOUE was the child of Joseph-Jacques LANOUE and Anastasie DUPUIS
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of John-Crosby TOWNER and Rose-Olive LANOUE:
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1817 Birth 27 December 1817
Québec Province, 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 England
1839 Marriage / PartnerJohn-Crosby TOWNER and Marie-Louise LEFEBVRE 22 January 1839, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
He was 21 years old.
1841 - 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 Marriage / PartnerJohn-Crosby TOWNER and Rose-Olive LANOUE 8 November 1873, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
He was 55 years old.
1873 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Louise LEFEBVRE died 1 April 1873, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
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.1890 Death of Spouse/PartnerRose-Olive LANOUE died 1 April 1890, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
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
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