flag male ancestor  Ignace-Joseph  DROLET

  (b. 29 March 1750 L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France   d. 23 October 1837 L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )  

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Ignace-Joseph DROLET was born 29 March 1750 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Ignace-Joseph DROLET was the child of Joseph-Marie DROLET   and   Françoise GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DROLET and Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER) (maternal)  Jean GIRARDIN and Marie-Catherine BOURRÉ (BOURRET)

Ignace-Joseph DROLET died 23 October 1837 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada .





m. Voyer Louise


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Occupation

Ignace-Joseph DROLET 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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