flag male ancestor  François  VAILLANCOURT

  (b. 29 October 1739 Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France   d. 22 November 1812 Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )  

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François VAILLANCOURT was born 29 October 1739 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

François VAILLANCOURT was the child of Claude VAILLANCOURT   and   Madeleine RATTÉ (RATE) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Paul VAILLANCOURT and Marguerite GUILLOT (maternal)  Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

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

François  married  Marie-Victoire GREFFARD 29 January 1771 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Victoire GREFFARD  was born 22 May 1750 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Victoire died 27 January 1821 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Victoire was the child of Theophile GREFFARD and Elisabeth GUYON.

François VAILLANCOURT died 22 November 1812 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

François VAILLANCOURT 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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