flag male ancestor  Nicolas  ARCAND

  (b. 12 July 1755 Cap-Santé, Canada, New France   d. 22 March 1818 Longueuil, Lower Canada )  

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Nicolas ARCAND was born 12 July 1755 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Nicolas ARCAND was the child of Joseph-Benjamin ARCAND   and   Marie-Angelique MARCOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Simon ARCAND and Marie-Marguerite MARTINEAU dite ST-ONGE (maternal)  Jacques MARCOTTE and Louise BEAUDET

Nicolas ARCAND died 22 March 1818 in Longueuil, Lower Canada .





m. Benard Therese
m. Frenette Marie-Marguerite


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Occupation

Nicolas ARCAND 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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