flag male ancestor  François  GENDRON

  (b. 28 August 1795 Contrecœur, Lower Canada   d. 7 July 1852 Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )  

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François GENDRON was born 28 August 1795 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

François GENDRON was the child of François GENDRON   and   Marguerite RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste GENDRON and Marie-Thérèse BOURDON (maternal)  Antoine RENAUD and Marguerite FAVREAU

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

François  married  Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT 8 February 1819 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT  was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie-Anne-Elisabeth died 1 January 1848 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur).  Marie-Anne-Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Josephte BRAZEAU.

François GENDRON died 7 July 1852 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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Occupation

François GENDRON 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 François GENDRON

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François GENDRON married flag female ancestor Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT-- Date: 8 February 1819 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada
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Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Josephte BRAZEAU




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birth1795 Birth
28 August 1795
Contrecœur, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1819 Marriage / Partner
François GENDRON and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT 8 February 1819, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 23 years old.
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)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth GENDRON married 17 January 1843, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Narcisse TREMBLAY
1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne-Elisabeth DUPONT died 1 January 1848, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
death1852 Death
7 July 1852
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

He died at the age of 56.
Added: 2/26/2024 2:30:15 PM - Updated: 2/26/2024 2:34:50 PM

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