Mathieu GINGRAS

(b. 19 September 1698 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 1 February 1758 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France )

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Mathieu GINGRAS was born 19 September 1698 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Mathieu GINGRAS was the child of Charles GINGRAS and Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire GINGRAS and Françoise ST-LÔ (maternal) Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE

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

Mathieu married Charlotte JUNEAU 5 September 1730 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . Charlotte JUNEAU was born 6 March 1705 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Jean-Pierre JOUINEAU (JUNEAU) and Geneviève TINON dite DESROCHES.

Mathieu GINGRAS died 1 February 1758 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France.

m. Juneau Charlotte

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Occupation

Mathieu GINGRAS 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

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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Mathieu GINGRAS married

Charlotte JUNEAU-- Date: 5 September 1730 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Charlotte JUNEAU was the child of Jean-Pierre JOUINEAU (JUNEAU) and Geneviève TINON dite DESROCHES

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