Benjamin
GIRARD
(b.
2 March 1825
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
d.
20 December 1903
,
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
)
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Benjamin GIRARD was born 2 March 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Benjamin GIRARD was the child of François GIRARD and Josephte GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GIRARD and Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Dorothee BOUCHARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benjamin married Dosithee GIRARD 12 August 1851 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Dosithee GIRARD was born 11 April 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Dosithee died 13 March 1871 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay). Dosithee was the child of Joseph-Marie GIRARD and Rosalie TREMBLAY.
Benjamin GIRARD died 20 December 1903 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Benjamin GIRARD 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Benjamin GIRARD 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
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 changesFrom 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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