François
POTHIER
(b.
10 September 1721
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
23 June 1797
,
Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
)
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POTHIER Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
François POTHIER was born 10 September 1721 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
François POTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS (maternal) Pierre MOUET DE MORAS and Elisabeth JUTRASSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Anne-Louise ALAVOINE 4 January 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne-Louise ALAVOINE was born 25 March 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Anne-Louise died 2 January 1810 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Anne-Louise was the child of Jacques-Charles ALAVOINE and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE.
François POTHIER died 23 June 1797 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .
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Occupation
François POTHIER 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
François POTHIER 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
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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