Louis
BLAIS
(b.
27 July 1785
,
Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
3 December 1870
,
St-Anselme Dorchester, Québec, Canada
)
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Louis BLAIS was born 27 July 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis BLAIS was the child of Augustin BLAIS and Angelique MERCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marguerite ROY (maternal) Augustin MERCIER and Marie-Anne JOLYLouis BLAIS died 3 December 1870 in St-Anselme Dorchester, Québec, Canada.
m. Denis Marie-Josephte
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Occupation
Louis BLAIS 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
Louis BLAIS 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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