Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

(b. 16 March 1757 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 March 1842 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )

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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was born 16 March 1757 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT (maternal) Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Charlotte JAHAN

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

Pierre-Noel married Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE 21 November 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE was born 14 February 1763 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marguerite-Salomee died 17 December 1838 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marguerite-Salomee was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX.

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE died 9 March 1842 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East .
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Occupation

Pierre-Noel FONTAINE 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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Pierre-Noel FONTAINE married

Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE-- Date: 21 November 1780 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX

Children of Pierre-Noel FONTAINE and Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE:

Marguerite FONTAINE (b.1 December 1781, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 November 1814, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 3 February 1806 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1757 Birth
16 March 1757
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Noel FONTAINE and Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE 21 November 1780, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 23 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marguerite FONTAINE was born 1 December 1781, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Pierre-Noel was 24 years old.