François GENDRON

Born

28 August 1795 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Died

7 July 1852 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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François GENDRON Marguerite RENAUD

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Born: 28 August 1795 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Father: François GENDRON

Mother: Marguerite RENAUD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GENDRON , Marie-Thérèse BOURDON

Maternal grandparents: Antoine RENAUD , Marguerite FAVREAU

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François married Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT 8 February 1819 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne-Elisabeth died 1 January 1848 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Anne-Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Josephte BRAZEAU.

François GENDRON died 7 July 1852 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: 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

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.

Spouse & Children of François GENDRON

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François GENDRON married

Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT
Marriage date: 8 February 1819
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Josephte BRAZEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of François GENDRON and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT

Elisabeth GENDRON

Born: abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 August 1894, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada

Married: Narcisse TREMBLAY 17 January 1843 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Birth — 1795
28 August 1795
Contrecœur, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage / Partner
François GENDRON and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT 8 February 1819, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England