flag male ancestor  Prosper  GIRARD

  (b. abt. 1781 Québec Province, Canada   d. 9 October 1829 Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada )  

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Prosper GIRARD was born abt. 1781 in Québec Province, Canada

Prosper GIRARD was the child of François GIRARD   and   Madeleine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA (maternal)  Nicolas TREMBLAY and Madeleine FORTIN

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

Prosper  married  Angélique TREMBLAY 10 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique TREMBLAY  was born 4 March 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Angélique was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Constance POTVIN.

Prosper GIRARD died 9 October 1829 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Prosper GIRARD 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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