flag male ancestor  Joseph  DESORCY

  (b. 7 September 1791 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada   d. )  

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Joseph DESORCY was born 7 September 1791 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Joseph DESORCY was the child of Pierre DÉSORCY   and   Francoise ST-MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE (maternal)  Denis-Francois ST-MARTIN and Catherine-Charlotte HUS COURNOYER

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

Joseph  married  Judith MASSÉ 1 February 1813 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith MASSÉ  was born 3 January 1791 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Judith died 13 February 1871 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Judith was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ and Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR.
Occupation

Joseph DESORCY 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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