flag male ancestor  Pierre-Noel  FONTAINE

  (b. abt. 1771 Québec Province, Canada   d. 8 April 1843 St-Sylvestre, Quebec, Canada )  

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was born abt. 1771 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE   and   Françoise FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT (maternal)  Joseph FORTIER and Josephte FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU)

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

Pierre-Noel  married  Marguerite DUBOIS 7 July 1801 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUBOIS  was born 10 October 1775 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marguerite died 2 October 1814 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marguerite was the child of Michel DUBOIS and Marguerite SIMONEAU.

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE died 8 April 1843 in St-Sylvestre, Quebec, Canada.
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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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