flag male ancestor  Joseph-Francois  GOSSELIN

  (b. 6 December 1749 Lachenaie, Canada, New France   d. 5 March 1804 Contrecœur, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph-Francois GOSSELIN was born 6 December 1749 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Joseph-Francois GOSSELIN was the child of Louis-François GOSSELIN   and   Catherine BABIN dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Louis BABIN and Marie-Madeleine SICOTTE (SICOT)

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

Joseph-Francois  married  Marie-Louise LABOSSIÈRE 16 September 1771 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LABOSSIÈRE  was born 26 August 1750 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur).  Marie-Louise died 28 April 1799 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur).  Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE and Angélique GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN.

Joseph-Francois GOSSELIN died 5 March 1804 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph-Francois GOSSELIN 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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