flag male ancestor  Eloi  MORIN

  (b. 5 January 1795 Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada   d. )  

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Eloi MORIN was born 5 January 1795 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Eloi MORIN was the child of Jacques MORIN   and   Angelique SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel-Joseph MORIN and Claire CLOUTIER (maternal)  Louis-Prisque SIMARD and Geneviève LAVOIE

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

Eloi  married  Marie-Anne GAGNON 24 May 1814 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne GAGNON  was born 30 June 1790 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Marie-Anne was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY.
Occupation

Eloi MORIN 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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