flag male ancestor  Augustin  DUFOUR

  (b. 15 November 1815 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 29 May 1894 Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )  

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Augustin DUFOUR was born 15 November 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Augustin DUFOUR was the child of Joseph DUFOUR   and   Emerentienne BLACKBURN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-François DUFOUR and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON (maternal)  Hugh Augustin BLACKBURN and Genevieve GAGNON

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

Augustin  married  Felicite LAVOIE 9 October 1849 in La Malbaie, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite LAVOIE  was born 28 September 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Felicite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAVOIE and Theotiste BOIVIN.

Augustin DUFOUR died 29 May 1894 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Augustin DUFOUR 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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