flag male ancestor  Abraham  GIRARD

  (b. 17 October 1831 Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 14 July 1908 Roberval, Québec, Canada )  

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Abraham GIRARD was born 17 October 1831 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Abraham GIRARD was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD   and   Angélique SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jerome GIRARD and Marguerite TREMBLAY (maternal)  François SAVARD and Angelique TREMBLAY

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

Abraham  married  Delina BOILY 11 October 1853 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Delina BOILY  was born 28 February 1836 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Delina was the child of Antoine BOILY and Elisabeth TREMBLAY.

Abraham GIRARD died 14 July 1908 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Abraham GIRARD 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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