François RATIER

(b. 9 February 1705 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1789 , Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François RATIER was born 9 February 1705 in Québec, Canada, New France

François RATIER was the child of Pierre RATIER DUBUISSON and Marie-Catherine ROUSSEAU dite LALIBERTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean RATIER DUBUISSON and Marie RIVIERE

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

François married Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER 7 January 1752 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER was born 10 March 1726 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Marguerite died 26 February 1784 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Marguerite was the child of François CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne THIBAULT.

François RATIER died 8 November 1789 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

François RATIER was a farmer.
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

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.

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François RATIER married

Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER-- Date: 7 January 1752 Place: Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER was the child of François CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

Children of François RATIER and Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER:

Josephte RATIER (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 June 1819, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Louis LESAGE 19 November 1781 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1705 Birth
9 February 1705
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1752 Marriage / Partner
François RATIER and Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER 7 January 1752, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 46 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Marriage of Child
Josephte RATIER married 19 November 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Louis LESAGE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)