flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  FOREST

  (b. 1 April 1769 L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 10 July 1845 )  

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Jean-Baptiste FOREST was born 1 April 1769 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste FOREST was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOREST   and   Marie-Josephte HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François FOREST and Jeanne GIROURARD (maternal)  Alexandre HEBERT and Marie-Josephe AMIRAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste  married  Anne POIRIER 24 June 1793 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne POIRIER  was born 5 February 1774 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Anne died 19 May 1817 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Anne was the child of Jean POIRIER and Nathalie Anastasie MARTIN.

Jean-Baptiste FOREST died 10 July 1845





m. Poirier Anne


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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste FOREST 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
Did You Know? 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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