flag male ancestor  Pierre-Noel  FONTAINE

  (b. 16 March 1757 Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France   d. 9 March 1842 Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )  

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was born 16 March 1757 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was the child of Antoine FONTAINE   and   Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT (maternal)  Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Charlotte JAHAN

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

Pierre-Noel  married  Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE 21 November 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE  was born 14 February 1763 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola).  Marguerite-Salomee died 17 December 1838 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean).  Marguerite-Salomee was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX.

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE died 9 March 1842 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East .
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Occupation

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE 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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