flag male ancestor  Bernard-Modeste  DUMONT

  (b. 20 August 1819 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 20 May 1904 St-Maurice, Canada )  

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Bernard-Modeste DUMONT was born 20 August 1819 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Bernard-Modeste DUMONT was the child of Étienne DUMONT   and   Elisabeth-Isabelle BEAUBIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne LEVASSEUR (maternal)  Antoine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Thérèse PARENT

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

Bernard-Modeste  married  Julie VERRET 11 August 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  Julie VERRET  was born 19 April 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Julie died 7 July 1903 in St-Maurice, Quebec, Canada.  Julie was the child of François VERRET and Angélique MAILLOT.

Bernard-Modeste DUMONT died 20 May 1904 in St-Maurice, Canada.





m. Verret Julie


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Occupation

Bernard-Modeste DUMONT 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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