Francois
DESBIENS
(b.
16 January 1825
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
d.
17 October 1918
,
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
)
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DESBIENS Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Francois DESBIENS was born 16 January 1825 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Francois DESBIENS was the child of Etienne DESBIENS and Marie FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne DESBIENS and Madeleine BOUCHARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Francois married Philomene MALTAIS 28 November 1854 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Philomene MALTAIS was born 4 August 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Philomene died 21 June 1861 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Philomene was the child of Louis MALTAIS and Marie-Ulderique PERRON.
Francois DESBIENS died 17 October 1918 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Francois DESBIENS 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
Francois DESBIENS 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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