flag male ancestor  Jean-Sebastien  DUFOUR

  (b. 29 July 1788 Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 22 June 1862 Matane, Canada East )  

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Jean-Sebastien DUFOUR was born 29 July 1788 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Sebastien DUFOUR was the child of Guillaume-Marc DUFOUR   and   Marie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Gabriel DUFOUR and Geneviève TREMBLAY (maternal)  Jean TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Jean-Sebastien DUFOUR died 22 June 1862 in Matane, Canada East .
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Occupation

Jean-Sebastien DUFOUR 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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