flag male ancestor  Jean  METAYER

  (b. 18 December 1833 Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada   d. 1 November 1866 Québec, Canada East )  

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Jean METAYER was born 18 December 1833 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Jean METAYER was the child of Edouard METAYER   and   Marguerite TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques METAYER and Marguerite TURCOTTE (maternal)  Francois TREMBLAY and Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Jean METAYER died 1 November 1866 in Québec, Canada East .
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Occupation

Jean METAYER 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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