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Pierre BONENFANT was born 25 August 1791 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Pierre BONENFANT was the child of Jean-Louis BONENFANT and Dorothee HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-Louis BONENFANT and Marie-Veronique LEPAGE (maternal) Etienne HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Genevieve PLOURDESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD 16 November 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele LAPIERRE dite OUVRARD was born 6 June 1803 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Angele died 23 September 1845 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Angele was the child of Charles LAPIERRE dit OUVRARD and Marie-Josephte DEFOY.
Occupation
Pierre BONENFANT 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Pierre BONENFANT 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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