Barthelemy PARADIS

(b. 20 September 1755 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1828 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

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Barthelemy PARADIS was born 20 September 1755 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Barthelemy PARADIS was the child of Gabriel PARADIS and Marie-Charlotte MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel PARADIS and Marie-Anne CÔTÉ (maternal) Pierre MICHAUD and Madeleine CADIEUX

Barthelemy PARADIS died 5 February 1828 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada .

m. Ouellet Marie-Anne

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Occupation

Barthelemy PARADIS 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

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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