Francois FONTAINE

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25 March 1846 , Iberville, Canada East

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Marcel FONTAINE Aurelie DAVID

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Born: 25 March 1846 in Iberville, Canada East

Father: Marcel FONTAINE

Mother: Aurelie DAVID

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE , Angelique GIROUX

Maternal grandparents: Joachim DAVID , Scholastique BROUILLET

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Francois married Philomene GOYETTE 10 November 1868 in Iberville, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene GOYETTE was born 5 March 1848 in Iberville, Canada East . Philomene died 1 May 1928 in Sabrevois, Quebec, Canada. Philomene was the child of Joseph GOYETTE and Marie PLANTE.

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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

Spouse & Children of Francois FONTAINE

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Francois FONTAINE married

Philomene GOYETTE
Marriage date: 10 November 1868
Marriage place: Iberville, Québec, Canada
Philomene GOYETTE was the child of Joseph GOYETTE and Marie PLANTE

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

Children of Francois FONTAINE and Philomene GOYETTE

Eveline FONTAINE

Born: 11 March 1876, Ste Anne, Sabrevois, Quebec, Canada
Died: 16 July 1941, St Albans, Vermont, USA

Married: Olidas (Alidas) SAMSON 1897 Place: Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1846
25 March 1846
Iberville, Canada East

1868 Marriage / Partner
Francois FONTAINE and Philomene GOYETTE 10 November 1868, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 22 years old.

1876 Birth of Child
Eveline FONTAINE was born 11 March 1876, Ste Anne, Sabrevois, Quebec, Canada

Francois was 29 years old.

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