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  (b. 9 November 1797 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada   d. 7 March 1871 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )  
Age: 73
Cause of Death: Vieillesse

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Joseph-Marie BLAIS was born 9 November 1797 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Joseph-Marie BLAIS was the child of Pierre BLAIS   and   Marie-Josephe DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Marie-Charlotte LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) (maternal)  Jean-Chrysostome ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angelique RICHARD

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

Joseph-Marie  married  Euphrosine BLANCHETTE 27 January 1824 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Euphrosine BLANCHETTE  was born 8 October 1797 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.  Euphrosine died 3 May 1855 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.  Euphrosine was the child of Joseph-Marie BLANCHET and Euphronsine CLOUTIER.

Joseph-Marie BLAIS died 7 March 1871 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Joseph-Marie 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

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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