flag male ancestor  Jean-François  DEMERS

  (b. 7 June 1778 Québec, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 16 July 1834 Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-François DEMERS was born 7 June 1778 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-François DEMERS was the child of Joseph-Marie DEMERS   and   Marguerite DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis DEMERS and Genevieve HUARD dite DESILETS (maternal)  Charles DEMERS and Françoise HUARD

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

Jean-François  married  Marguerite DEMERS 28 January 1800 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .  Marguerite DEMERS  was born 7 March 1775 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada .  Marguerite died 14 March 1825 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada.  Marguerite was the child of Pierre DEMERS and Marie-Françoise FRECHETTE.

Jean-François DEMERS died 16 July 1834 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-François 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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