François-Xavier LESSARD

(b. 30 May 1738 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1816 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )

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François-Xavier LESSARD was born 30 May 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

François-Xavier LESSARD was the child of Étienne LESSARD and Madeleine PEPIN dite LACHANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne LESSARD and Marie-Anne POULIN (maternal) Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Madeleine FONTAINE

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

François-Xavier married Marie-Madeleine MOREL 6 November 1758 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine MOREL was born 21 May 1734 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Madeleine died 21 September 1811 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN.

François-Xavier LESSARD died 26 March 1816 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

François-Xavier LESSARD 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-Xavier LESSARD married

Marie-Madeleine MOREL-- Date: 6 November 1758 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine MOREL was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN

Children of François-Xavier LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine MOREL:

Jean-Marie LESSARD (b.1 October 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada d. 2 October 1834, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RACINE 18 January 1785 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1738 Birth
30 May 1738
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine MOREL 6 November 1758, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie LESSARD was born 1 October 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

François-Xavier was 24 years old.

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.