flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  MASSÉ

  (b. 18 August 1833 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada   d. 22 July 1893 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ was born 18 August 1833 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ was the child of Louis-Roch MASSÉ   and   Marguerite HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR (maternal)  Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Françoise HUS COURNOYER

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

Jean-Baptiste  married  Théotiste COURNOYER 15 February 1858 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Théotiste COURNOYER  was born 8 September 1832 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Théotiste died 15 October 1895 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Théotiste was the child of Denis COURNOYER and Théotiste PÉLOQUIN.

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ died 22 July 1893 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ 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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