Joseph PAILLE

(b. 7 February 1774 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1844 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )

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Joseph PAILLE was born 7 February 1774 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph PAILLE was the child of Joseph PAILLE and Marie-Amable GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PAILLÉ and Marie-Josephte GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) (maternal) Jean-Baptitste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marie-Josephte VACHER dite LACERTE

Joseph PAILLE died 24 July 1844 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East .

m. Richard Marie-Rose

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Occupation

Joseph PAILLE 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.

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