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.

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