flag male ancestor  Joseph  GAGNON

  (b. 19 May 1802 Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada   d. 23 April 1868 Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph GAGNON was born 19 May 1802 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Joseph GAGNON was the child of Pierre GAGNON   and   Marie-Rosalie BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph GAGNON and Marguerite HERVÉ (HARVEY) (maternal)  Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY

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

Joseph  married  Madeleine DESBIENS 20 November 1838 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DESBIENS  was born 26 October 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres).  Madeleine died 21 March 1907 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres).  Madeleine was the child of Vital DESBIENS and Madeleine HARVEY.

Joseph GAGNON died 23 April 1868 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada .
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Did you know that most people with the Gagnon name came from three sons of Pierre Gagnon (Gaignon) and Renee Roger of Tourouvre, France, who came to New France (Quebec) around 1637? Mathurin, Jean and Pierre Gagnon, along with their wives did much to populate North America with the proud Gagnon surname!
Occupation

Joseph GAGNON 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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