Prosper
CYR
(b.
3 April 1817
,
Nicolet, Lower Canada
d.
14 January 1860
,
Sherbrooke, Canada East
)
Age: 43
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Prosper CYR was born 3 April 1817 in Nicolet, Lower Canada
Prosper CYR was the child of Firmin CYR and Élizabeth GOUDREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Firmin CYR and Marie-Josephte CONSTANTINEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Louise DANEAU (DANIAU)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Prosper married Émilie BIRON 10 May 1841 in Sherbrooke, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Émilie BIRON was born 5 November 1821 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Émilie was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIRON and Josephte-Geneviève JANELLE.
Prosper CYR died 14 January 1860 in Sherbrooke, Canada East.
Birth information - From Leslie Nutbrown, researcher from Sherbrooke and Eastern Township, Québec.
Born at Nicolet, Paroisse St-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada
Details of the family tree of Prosper appear below.
Occupation
Prosper CYR was a Farmer and in keeper.
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
Prosper CYR was a Farmer and in keeper.
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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