flag male ancestor  Pierre-Etienne  GERMAIN

  (b. 5 May 1770 Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada   d. )  

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Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN was born 5 May 1770 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN was the child of Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN   and   Marie-Angelique LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques-Alexis GERMAIN and Elisabeth-Isabelle BIGUET dite NOBERT (maternal)  Nicolas LANGLOIS and Angélique CUILLERIER

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

Pierre-Etienne  married  Marie-Anne GODIN 2 February 1795 in Donnacona, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie-Anne GODIN  was born 24 March 1771 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales).  Marie-Anne died 2 August 1842 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GODIN and Marie-Anne TOUPIN.





m. Godin Marie-Anne

Occupation

Pierre-Etienne GERMAIN 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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