Joseph
FONTAINE
(b.
6 April 1775
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
17 September 1844
,
Saint-David, Canada East
)
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Joseph FONTAINE was born 6 April 1775 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph FONTAINE was the child of Joseph-Marie FONTAINE and Angélique TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Catherine GODIN dite CHÂTILLON (maternal) François-De-Sales TAREAU dit CHAMPAGNE and Thérèse ALLAIREJoseph FONTAINE died 17 September 1844 in Saint-David, Canada East .
m. Arpin Charlotte
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Occupation
Joseph FONTAINE 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph FONTAINE 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
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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