flag male ancestor  Michel  BILLY

  (b. 29 September 1775 Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 18 February 1840 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Michel BILLY was born 29 September 1775 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel BILLY was the child of Michel BILLY   and   Marie-Louise DUCLOS dite CARIGNAN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Michel BILLY and Charlotte PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL (maternal)  Pierre DUCLOS and Marie-Anne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

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

Michel  married  Josephte PEPIN 25 November 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte PEPIN  was born 15 December 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte died 1 September 1864 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Josephte was the child of Alexandre PEPIN and Marie Anne PARR.

Michel BILLY died 18 February 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Michel BILLY 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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