Abel GUAY

(b. 16 July 1811 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )

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Abel GUAY was born 16 July 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Abel GUAY was the child of Francois GUAY and Quirille GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois-Sauveur GUAY and Dorothee-Victoire GRENON (maternal) Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Felicite GIRARD

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

Abel married Louise THIBAULT 18 October 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise THIBAULT was born 30 April 1816 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Louise died 18 August 1845 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louise was the child of André THIBAULT and Ursule BOUCHARD.

Occupation

Abel GUAY 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

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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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Abel GUAY married

Louise THIBAULT-- Date: 18 October 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Louise THIBAULT was the child of André THIBAULT and Ursule BOUCHARD

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Children of Abel GUAY and Louise THIBAULT:

Seraphine GUAY (b.26 July 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. 4 August 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois-Epimage SIMARD 1864 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Anais GUAY (b.4 October 1844, La Baie, Canada East d. 27 February 1923, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Michel TREMBLAY 11 January 1864 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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1811 Birth
16 July 1811
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Abel GUAY and Louise THIBAULT 18 October 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 31 years old.

1843 Birth of Child
Seraphine GUAY was born 26 July 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Abel was 32 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Anais GUAY was born 4 October 1844, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Abel was 33 years old.

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