flag male ancestor  Joseph  MENARD

  (b. 23 April 1769 Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 20 April 1853 Les Cèdres, Canada East )  

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Joseph MENARD was born 23 April 1769 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph MENARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste MENARD   and   Marie-Josephte ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Étienne ÉTHIER and Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS

Joseph MENARD died 20 April 1853 in Les Cèdres, Canada East .





m. Merlot Reine
m. Rancourt Josephte


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Occupation

Joseph MENARD 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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birth1769 Birth
23 April 1769
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
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)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
death1853 Death
20 April 1853
Les Cèdres, Canada East

He died at the age of 84.
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