flag male ancestor  Joseph  PELLETIER

  (b. 11 September 1753 Kamouraska, Canada, New France   d. 23 September 1828 Kamouraska, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph PELLETIER was born 11 September 1753 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Basile PELLETIER   and   Agathe-Genevieve HUOT dite ST-LAURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume PELLETIER and Marie-Louise PINEL dite LAFRANCE (maternal)  Joseph-Nicolas HUOT dit ST-LAURENT and Genevieve HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

Joseph  married  Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 22 August 1776 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS  was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Catherine died 17 May 1823 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).  Catherine was the child of Augustin SIROIS and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Joseph PELLETIER died 23 September 1828 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph PELLETIER 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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