George Pozer is the anglicised name of Johann Georg Pfotzer (November 21, 1752 – June 16, 1848) who was a merchant, landowner and the fourth Seigneur of Aubert-Gallion. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. Landholder or landowner is a holder of the Estate in land with considerable rights of ownership or simply put an owner of land The seigneurial system of New France was the semi- feudal system of land distribution used in the colonies of New France.
Born in Wilstedt, Germany he immigrated to England in 1773 and later to the colony of New York where he became a merchant. Wilstedt is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Province of New York (1664-1776 (Provincie New York resulted from the capture of the Dutch Republic colony of Provincie Nieuw-Nederland by the Being a Loyalist, he left America after the American War of Independence and return to England. The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In 1785, he arrived in Canada and settled in Quebec City and through endeavours that started with his first grocery store and extended to real estate operations, with money lending and discounting in between, Pozer succeeded in building a fortune over 30 years. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province A grocery store is a store established primarily for the Retailing of Food. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom Discounts and allowancesIn Finance and Economics, discounting is the process of finding the present value of an amount of cash at some future date and along with
Among is many real estate possessions was the Aubert-Gallion Seigneurie that he bought in 1807. The seigneurial system of New France was the semi- feudal system of land distribution used in the colonies of New France. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ten years later, he settled in Aubert-Gallion 189 German immigrants. Most of these immigrants died after a forest clearing spread into a wildfire. Deforestation is the conversion of Forested areas to non-forest land for use such as Arable land, Pasture, urban use logged area or wasteland A wildfire, also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, brush fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, Peat fire, After this unsuccessful attempt to established German compatriots in Aubert-Gallion, Pozer, despite being a Protestant and a Loyalist, began collaborating with the Catholic Church and the francophone population. The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places He gave to the Archdiocese of Quebec the land for the establishement of the parish of Saint-Georges. The Archdiocese of Québec (Archidioecesis Quebecensis Archidiocèse de Québec is the oldest Catholic see in the New World north In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish is the lowest ecclesiastical geographical subdivision from Ecclesiastical province to Diocese to Deanery For other meanings see Beauce (disambiguation Saint-Georges-de-Beauce is a city in the province The choosing of the name "Saint-Georges" is an hommage to George Pozer. He is considered as the founder of Saint-Georges-de-Beauce. For other meanings see Beauce (disambiguation Saint-Georges-de-Beauce is a city in the province
George Pozer was the father of Jacob Pozer and the grandfather of Christian Henry Pozer. Christian Henry Pozer ( December 26 1835 &ndash July 18 1884) was a Canadian lawyer and politician He is buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery, Quebec.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Pozer family fonds from the McCord Museum
- A brief history of Saint-Georges-de-Beauce (in French)
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