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s'engagea comme domistique

English translation: engaged as a caretaker (houseman)

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French term or phrase:s'engagea comme domistique
English translation:engaged as a caretaker (houseman)
Entered by: Brian Schwarz

14:58 Sep 23, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: s'engagea comme domistique
This is French Canadian information on my ancestors. Can you tranlate all of this? Thanks!
André Bergeron originaire de Saint-Saturnin-du-bois, en Charente Maritime, vint au Canada vers 1666 et s?engagea comme domestique à Lauzon, sur la ferme d?Eustache Lambert, et devint par la suite proprietaire d?une concession à Lauzon. Ses descendants occupaient encore la terre ancestrale en 1909 alors que l?un d?eux fut inscrib au Livre d?Or de la noblesse rurale.
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engaged as a caretaker (houseman)
Explanation:
Taking care of the domestic affairs of an estate.
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5became servant
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4engaged as a caretaker (houseman)
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became servant


Explanation:
vint au Canada vers 1666 et s?engagea comme domestique à Lauzon, sur la ferme d?Eustache Lambert,

Went to Canada around 1666, and became servant in Lauzon, on the farm of Eustache Lambert

Good luck with your past :-)

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engaged as a caretaker (houseman)


Explanation:
Taking care of the domestic affairs of an estate.


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