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Joseph
DUPRAS
(b.
2 December 1751
,
Laval, Canada, New France
d.
8 January 1812
,
Lachenaie, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph DUPRAS was born 2 December 1751 in Laval, Canada, New France . Joseph DUPRAS was the child of Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU) (maternal) Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT
Joseph DUPRAS died 8 January 1812 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .
Occupation: Cultivateur
m. Lalonde Louise
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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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? An old farmer in a parish [in the province of Quebec] gave a good thrashing to a boy who had innocently killed a small yellow snake which he had seen crawling along the grass in front of his house....Read MORE...The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 19, Oct. - Dec., 1892, Lutins in the Province of Quebec
Joseph was a Cultivateur.
The 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
The 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
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1751 Birth
2 December 1751
Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
1812 Death
8 January 1812
Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)
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1751 Birth 2 December 1751
Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
1812 Death 8 January 1812
Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)
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