flag male ancestor  Antoine  MONTPETIT

  (b. 2 April 1740 Île-Perrot, Canada, New France   d. 26 August 1796 Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )  

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Antoine MONTPETIT was born 2 April 1740 in Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

Antoine MONTPETIT was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN   and   Angelique VILLERAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN and Marie-Louise BAUNE (BEAULNE) dite LAFRANCHISE (maternal)  Antoine VILLERAY and Jeanne QUENNEVILLE

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

Antoine  married  Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE 23 January 1764 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .  Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE  was born 24 August 1740 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal).  Marie-Josephe was the child of Noël LEFEBVRE dit LACISERAYE and Marie-Anne GERVAIS.

Antoine MONTPETIT died 26 August 1796 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Antoine MONTPETIT 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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