flag male ancestor  Pierre  POIRIER

  (b. 29 January 1824 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. 13 January 1894 Sorel, Québec, Canada )  

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Pierre POIRIER was born 29 January 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre POIRIER was the child of Pierre POIRIER   and   Marie-Louise PELOQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François POIRIER and Louise LAGUERCE (maternal)  Joseph PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX and Marie-Louise HUS MILLET

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

Pierre  married  Catherine PLANTE 12 January 1847 in Sorel, Canada East .  Catherine PLANTE  was born 29 April 1825 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Catherine was the child of Joseph PLANTE and Victoire PELLETIER.

Pierre POIRIER died 13 January 1894 in Sorel, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Pierre POIRIER 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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