François VAILLANCOURT

(b. 29 October 1739 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1812 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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François VAILLANCOURT was born 29 October 1739 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

François VAILLANCOURT was the child of Claude VAILLANCOURT and Madeleine RATTÉ (RATE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul VAILLANCOURT and Marguerite GUILLOT (maternal) Guillaume RATTÉ and Marie-Madeleine NOLIN

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

François married Marie-Victoire GREFFARD 29 January 1771 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Victoire GREFFARD was born 22 May 1750 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire died 27 January 1821 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire was the child of Theophile GREFFARD and Elisabeth GUYON.

François VAILLANCOURT died 22 November 1812 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

François VAILLANCOURT 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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François VAILLANCOURT married

Marie-Victoire GREFFARD-- Date: 29 January 1771 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Victoire GREFFARD was the child of Theophile GREFFARD and Elisabeth GUYON

Children of François VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Victoire GREFFARD:

Joseph VAILLANCOURT (b.26 September 1775, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1849, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Marie-Veronique DROLET 28 January 1799 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1739 Birth
29 October 1739
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
François VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Victoire GREFFARD 29 January 1771, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Joseph VAILLANCOURT was born 26 September 1775, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

François was 35 years old.

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.