flag male ancestor  Adrien  RHEAULT

  (b. 6 May 1735 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France   d. 12 July 1792 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Adrien RHEAULT was born 6 May 1735 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Adrien RHEAULT was the child of Joseph RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)   and   Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-François RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) and Françoise DUBOIS (maternal)  Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne LEBLANC dite LABRIE

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

Adrien  married  Josephte FRIGON 19 July 1762 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Josephte FRIGON  was born 7 March 1739 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte died 8 October 1816 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte was the child of Francois FRIGON and Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES.

Adrien RHEAULT died 12 July 1792 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Adrien RHEAULT 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

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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