flag male ancestor  Jacques  BLAIS

  (b. 25 May 1816 Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada   d. 16 March 1897 Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada )  
Age: 80
Cause of Death: Vieillesse

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Jacques BLAIS was born 25 May 1816 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Jacques BLAIS was the child of Jacques BLAIS   and   Elisabeth LETOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Andre BLAIS and Marie BELANGER (maternal)  Joseph LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE

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

Jacques  married  Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS 27 May 1845 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hermine-Vitaline BLAIS  was born 31 July 1828 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.  Hermine-Vitaline died 24 September 1904 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.  Hermine-Vitaline was the child of Joseph-Marie BLAIS and Euphrosine BLANCHETTE.

Jacques BLAIS died 16 March 1897 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Jacques appear below.

Occupation

Jacques 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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