Alexis-Melchior
PROVENCHER
(b.
11 December 1776
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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PROVENCHER Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER was born 11 December 1776 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER was the child of Charles-Louis PROVENCHER and Veronique DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PROVENCHER and Marie-Anne LECLERC dite FLEURENT (maternal) Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY and Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBALSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis-Melchior married Marie-Josephe DESHAIES 22 July 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe DESHAIES was born 21 January 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Josephe was the child of Ignace DESHAIES and Francoise DESHAIES dite ST-CYR.
Occupation
Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Alexis-Melchior PROVENCHER 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
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 changesFrom 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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