François PLEAU

(b. 12 February 1724 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1801 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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François PLEAU was born 12 February 1724 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

François PLEAU was the child of Simon-Denis PLEAU dit BELLEAU and Françoise SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Simon PLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Jeanne CONSTANTINEAU (maternal) Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

François married Marie NAULT 14 October 1748 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . Marie NAULT was born 6 July 1731 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Marie died 28 February 1801 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie was the child of Claude NAU (NAULT) and Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL.

François PLEAU died 28 July 1801 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

François PLEAU 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

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 PLEAU married

Marie NAULT-- Date: 14 October 1748 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Marie NAULT was the child of Claude NAU (NAULT) and Elisabeth-Ursule BENOIT dite ABEL

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1724 Birth
12 February 1724
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
François PLEAU and Marie NAULT 14 October 1748, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 24 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.