flag male ancestor  Pierre  FILION

  (b. 25 March 1773 Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 6 May 1860 Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada East )  

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Pierre FILION was born 25 March 1773 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre FILION was the child of Antoine FILION   and   Victoire GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Paul FILION and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY (maternal)  Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA

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

Pierre  married  Genevieve LESSARD 25 September 1798 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LESSARD  was born 26 October 1777 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.  Genevieve died 6 August 1839 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada.  Genevieve was the child of Antoine LESSARD and Marie-Angelique GAGNON.

Pierre FILION died 6 May 1860 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada East.
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Occupation

Pierre FILION 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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