Octave
RUEST
(b.
1819 07 17
,
Rimouski, Lower Canada
d.
1896 03 09
,
St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada
)
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Octave RUEST was born 1819 07 17 in Rimouski, Lower Canada
Octave RUEST was the child of Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) and Helene LAVOIE (maternal) Antoine COTE and Reine LEPAGESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Octave married Henriette LAVOIE 25 January 1842 in Rimouski, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henriette LAVOIE was born 19 April 1825 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Henriette died 20 March 1882 in St-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Henriette was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Anastasie BRISSON.
Octave RUEST died 1896 03 09 in St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation
Octave RUEST 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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Octave RUEST 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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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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