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 ARCHAMBAULTJoseph DUPRAS died 8 January 1812 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .
m. Lalonde Louise
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Occupation
Joseph DUPRAS 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 DUPRAS 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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