flag male ancestor  Eloi  ROY

  (b. 14 November 1782 La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 4 February 1845 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )  

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Eloi ROY was born 14 November 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Eloi ROY was the child of François ROY   and   Françoise-Rose BRO (BREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Laurent ROY and Catherine CORDIER (maternal)  Alexis BRO (BRAULT) and Marguerite BARIAULT (BARIAUT)

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

Eloi  married  Marie-Josephte COMEAU 11 June 1801 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte COMEAU  was born 11 August 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Marie-Josephte died 6 March 1829 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie).  Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph COMEAU and Marguerite VINCENT.

Eloi  married  (2) Phebee BENAC dite CHARTIER 12 November 1832 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .  Phebee BENAC dite CHARTIER  was born abt. 1807 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Phebee was the child of Joseph BENAC dit CHARTIER and Louise LAVOIE.

Eloi ROY died 4 February 1845 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East .





m. Benac Phebee
m. Comeau Marie-Josephte


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Occupation

Eloi ROY 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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