Benoit BERTHIAUME

(b. 13 November 1789 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 March 1836 , St-Barnabé-Nord, Canada )

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Benoit BERTHIAUME was born 13 November 1789 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Benoit BERTHIAUME was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Francoise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre BERTHIAUME and Marie-Anne BOUVIER (maternal) Pierre GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Angélique VACHER dite LACERTE

Benoit BERTHIAUME died 28 March 1836 in St-Barnabé-Nord, Canada.

m. Grenier Angelique

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Occupation

Benoit BERTHIAUME 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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