Jean
FORTIN
(b.
11 May 1797
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
d.
16 July 1876
,
Roberval, Québec, Canada
)
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Jean FORTIN was born 11 May 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Jean FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) Charles TREMBLAY and Felicite DUCHESNESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Ide BOIVIN 23 October 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ide BOIVIN was born 6 November 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ide died 10 July 1872 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean). Ide was the child of Jean BOIVIN and Geneviève DORVAL.
Jean FORTIN died 16 July 1876 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation
Jean FORTIN 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
Jean FORTIN 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
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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