Benoni
OUELLET
(b.
7 August 1786
,
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
12 November 1857
,
Frenchville, Maine, USA
)
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Benoni OUELLET was born 7 August 1786 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Benoni OUELLET was the child of Julien OUELLET and Marie-Catherine ASSELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne-Emmanuel OUELLET and Marie-Angélique SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS (maternal) Gabriel ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINSBenoni OUELLET died 12 November 1857 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .
m. Bourgoin Marie-Anne
Details of the family tree of Benoni appear below.
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Did you know that René Ouellet is likely the ancestor of all the descendants bearing the names Ouellet and Ouellette in North America? The name Ouellet(te) ranks 11th among the most common surnames in Quebec! If you're last name is Ouellet, there's a really good chance that you are directly descended from René HOÛALLET (OUELLET) and one of his two wives (Anne Rivet and Marie-Therese Mignault).
Occupation
Benoni OUELLET 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Benoni OUELLET 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
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 changesFrom 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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