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Francois BLANCHET was born 1 May 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Francois BLANCHET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET (BLANCHETTE) and Françoise TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Catherine SOUCY (maternal) Louis-Marie TREMBLAY and Francoise BERIAULT (BARIAULT)
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Francois BLANCHET was a pecheur.
The pêcheur d'anguille, or eel fisherman, was a person who caught eels either for personal consumption or for sale. Eel fishing was practiced mainly in the St. Lawrence, but also in the Richelieu River, Lake St. Pierre, near L'Islet and Kamouraska.
Fishing was the first resource of early inhabitants, as they waited for their land to be cleared and start producing wheat.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Day in the Life of a Pêcheur: Navigating the Waters of 18th Century New France
Francois BLANCHET was a pecheur.
The pêcheur d'anguille, or eel fisherman, was a person who caught eels either for personal consumption or for sale. Eel fishing was practiced mainly in the St. Lawrence, but also in the Richelieu River, Lake St. Pierre, near L'Islet and Kamouraska.
Fishing was the first resource of early inhabitants, as they waited for their land to be cleared and start producing wheat.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Day in the Life of a Pêcheur: Navigating the Waters of 18th Century New France
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.
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