flag male ancestor  Joseph-Marie  DEMERS

  (b. 17 February 1754 Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France   d. 19 July 1834 Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph-Marie DEMERS was born 17 February 1754 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie DEMERS was the child of Louis DEMERS   and   Genevieve HUARD dite DESILETS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis DEMERS and Thérèse GAGNON (maternal)  Jacques HUARD and Marie-Angélique BOUCHER

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

Joseph-Marie  married  Marguerite DEMERS 10 October 1774 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite DEMERS  was born 9 March 1753 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marguerite died 27 October 1815 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marguerite was the child of Charles DEMERS and Françoise HUARD.

Joseph-Marie DEMERS died 19 July 1834 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph-Marie DEMERS 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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