flag male ancestor  Etienne  GIRARD

  (b. 1 August 1798 Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 17 December 1889 Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )  

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Etienne GIRARD was born 1 August 1798 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Etienne GIRARD was the child of Augustin GIRARD   and   Marie-Josephte BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Augustin GIRARD and Marie-Procule LAVOIE (maternal)  Louis-Marc BOIVIN and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Etienne  married  Marcelline DUFOUR 7 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marcelline DUFOUR  was born 18 January 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Marcelline died 25 March 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin).  Marcelline was the child of Jean-Guillaume DUFOUR and Marie-Euphrosine SAVARD.

Etienne GIRARD died 17 December 1889 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Etienne GIRARD 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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