flag male ancestor  Godefroy  PLEAU

  (b. 28 March 1798 Donnacona, Lower Canada   d. 14 September 1874 Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada )  

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Godefroy PLEAU was born 28 March 1798 in Donnacona, Lower Canada

Godefroy PLEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLEAU   and   Rosalie-Angelique GODIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Joseph PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE (maternal)  Charles GODIN and Marie-Angelique TREPANIER

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

Godefroy  married  Marie-Louise PAGE 23 January 1825 in Donnacona, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise PAGE  was born 4 April 1802 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils).  Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste PAGE and Charlotte PAPILLON.

Godefroy PLEAU died 14 September 1874 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Godefroy PLEAU 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.

Family and Children of Godefroy PLEAU

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Godefroy PLEAU married flag female ancestor Marie-Louise PAGE-- Date: 23 January 1825 Place: Donnacona, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise PAGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PAGE and Charlotte PAPILLON




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birth1798 Birth
28 March 1798
Donnacona, 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
marriage1825 Marriage / Partner
Godefroy PLEAU and Marie-Louise PAGE 23 January 1825, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 26 years old.
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)
marriage1847 Marriage of Child
Phebee PLEAU married 9 November 1847, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Camille TREMBLAY
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
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1874 Death
14 September 1874
Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 76.
Added: 2/12/2024 6:41:05 PM - Updated: 2/12/2024 6:43:11 PM

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