flag male ancestor  Pierre  BELLEY

  (b. 31 January 1776 Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada   d. )  

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Pierre BELLEY was born 31 January 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre BELLEY was the child of René BELLEY   and   Marguerite MAGNAN and the grandchild of: (maternal)  Michel MAGNAN and Angélique LEFRANCOIS

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

Pierre  married  Madeleine TRUCHON 16 February 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine TRUCHON  was born 9 June 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Madeleine died 26 April 1850 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Madeleine was the child of Joseph-Marie TRUCHON dit LEVEILLÉ and Elisabeth BOIVIN.
Occupation

Pierre BELLEY 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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