Louis
GENEST
(b.
5 June 1771
,
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
27 January 1821
,
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
)
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Louis GENEST was born 5 June 1771 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis GENEST was the child of Louis GENEST dit LABARRE and Elisabeth AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GENEST and Rose MARCHAND (maternal) Pierre AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Marie Anne BRUNSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Josephte FORTIER 23 November 1801 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte FORTIER was born 30 September 1781 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Josephte was the child of François FORTIER and Elisabeth PLANTE.
Louis GENEST died 27 January 1821 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
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Occupation
Louis GENEST 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
Louis GENEST 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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