flag male ancestor  François  PLEAU

  (b. 12 February 1724 Cap-Santé, Canada, New France   d. 28 July 1801 Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )  

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François PLEAU was born 12 February 1724 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

François PLEAU was the child of Simon-Denis PLEAU dit BELLEAU   and   Françoise SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Simon PLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Jeanne CONSTANTINEAU (maternal)  Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

François  married  Marie NAULT 14 October 1748 in Deschambault, Canada, New France .  Marie NAULT  was born 6 July 1731 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault).  Marie died 28 February 1801 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante).  Marie was the child of Claude NAU (NAULT) and Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL.

François PLEAU died 28 July 1801 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

François PLEAU 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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