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Abraham GIRARD was born 10 May 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Abraham GIRARD was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham married Ursule HEBERT 4 October 1842 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . Ursule HEBERT was born 17 August 1786 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Ursule died 20 September 1875 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Ursule was the child of Jean Baptiste HÉBERT and Nathalie LANOUE.
son of Louis-Antoine Girard and Marie-Anne Bureau
Occupation
Abraham GIRARD 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
Abraham GIRARD 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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