immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Nelson (Narcisse)  PERYEA (POIRIER)

  (b. 31 January 1816 L'Acadie, Lower Canada   d. 13 February 1891 Altona, New York, USA )  
Age: 74
Cause of Death: unknown

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Nelson (Narcisse) PERYEA (POIRIER) was born 31 January 1816 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Nelson (Narcisse) PERYEA (POIRIER) was the child of Pierre POIRIER   and   Marie CHARTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Henri-Amable POIRIER and Isabelle BOUDREAU (maternal)  Francois CHARTIER and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS

Nelson (Narcisse) was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1840.

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

Nelson (Narcisse)  married  Mary Anne GEDDES (GEDDIS) abt. 1848 in New York, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Anne GEDDES (GEDDIS)  was born 7 May 1831 in Moira, Franklin, New York, USA.  Mary Anne died 30 April 1902 in Altona, New York, USA. 

Nelson (Narcisse) PERYEA (POIRIER) died 13 February 1891 in Altona, New York, USA.
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Occupation

Nelson (Narcisse) PERYEA (POIRIER) was a Farmer.
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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