Louis HEROUX

(b. abt. 1814 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 December 1891 , St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada )

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Louis HEROUX was born abt. 1814 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis HEROUX was the child of Louis HEROUX and Marie DUPONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis HEROUX dit BOURGUINVILLE and Marie BOUCHER (maternal) Louis DUPONT and Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Louis HEROUX died 19 December 1891 in St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Louis HEROUX 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

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.

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