flag male ancestor  Michel  GOSSELIN

  (b. 12 July 1766 Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 5 May 1815 Deschambault, Lower Canada )  

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Michel GOSSELIN was born 12 July 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel GOSSELIN was the child of Basile GOSSELIN   and   Marie-Josephte FORTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume GOSSELIN and Geneviève GRAVEL (maternal)  Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE

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

Michel  married  Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 9 January 1792 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)  was born 9 September 1770 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault).  Francoise died 19 November 1839 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault).  Francoise was the child of Gabriel TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) and Françoise MATHIEU.

Michel GOSSELIN died 5 May 1815 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Michel GOSSELIN 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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