flag male ancestor  Pierre  LEDUC

  (b. 1 March 1827 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. )  

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Pierre LEDUC was born 1 March 1827 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Pierre LEDUC was the child of Charles LEDUC   and   Josephte GOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Francois-Amable LEDUC and Marguerite TETREAULT dite DUCHARME (maternal)  Joseph GOUIN and Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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

Pierre  married  Marie-Elmire PELOQUIN 20 October 1851 in Sorel, Canada East .  Marie-Elmire PELOQUIN  was born 25 February 1829 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Marie-Elmire died 24 April 1916 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Elmire was the child of François-Xavier PELOQUIN dit FELIX and Geneviève DUFAULT.
Occupation

Pierre LEDUC 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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