flag male ancestor  Olivier  GAGNE

  (b. 26 September 1806 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 13 September 1868 Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada )  

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Olivier GAGNE was born 26 September 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Olivier GAGNE was the child of David GAGNE   and   Helene TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Marie GAGNE and Julie GAGNON (maternal)  Etienne TREMBLAY and Scholastique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

Olivier GAGNE died 13 September 1868 in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada.
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Occupation

Olivier GAGNE 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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birth1806 Birth
26 September 1806
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1868 Death
13 September 1868
Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Canada

He died at the age of 62.
Added: 1/22/2024 6:35:46 PM - Updated: 1/22/2024 6:35:46 PM

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