flag male ancestor  Pierre  BONENFANT

  (b. 25 August 1791 La Pocatière, Lower Canada   d. )  

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Pierre BONENFANT was born 25 August 1791 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Pierre BONENFANT was the child of Jean-Louis BONENFANT   and   Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste-Louis BONENFANT and Marie-Veronique LEPAGE (maternal)  Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Genevieve PLOURDE

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Pierre  married  Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD 16 November 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD  was born 6 June 1803 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada.  Angele died 23 September 1845 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse).  Angele was the child of Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD and Marie-Josephte DEFOY.
Occupation

Pierre BONENFANT 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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Pierre BONENFANT married flag female ancestor Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD-- Date: 16 November 1830 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD was the child of Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD and Marie-Josephte DEFOY




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birth1791 Birth
25 August 1791
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
marriage1830 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BONENFANT and Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD 16 November 1830, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 39 years old.
1834 Birth of Child
Justine BONENFANT was born 23 December 1834, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Pierre was 43 years old.
Added: 4/2/2024 10:14:20 PM - Updated: 4/2/2024 10:31:51 PM

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