Thomas
GAGNON
(b.
25 October 1799
,
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
d.
31 October 1874
,
La Baie, Québec, Canada
)
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Thomas GAGNON was born 25 October 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Thomas GAGNON was the child of Gervais GAGNON and Geneviève TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Antoine-Sylvestre GAGNON and Julie GUAY (CASTONGUAY) (maternal) Etienne-Dominique TREMBLAY and Therese GAGNESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Venerande-Anselme GIRARD 24 February 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Venerande-Anselme GIRARD was born 23 March 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Venerande-Anselme was the child of Louis GIRARD and Felicite FORTIN.
Thomas GAGNON died 31 October 1874 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thomas appear below.
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Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!
Occupation
Thomas GAGNON 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
Thomas GAGNON 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
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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