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Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE was born 26 November 1792 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE was the child of Julien FONTAINE and Marie-Judith DAUPHINAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Catherine GODIN dite CHÂTILLON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DAUPHINAIS dit PHENIX and Marie-Anne-Louise SICARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Angelique GIROUX 6 October 1817 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique GIROUX was born 28 July 1797 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Marie-Charlotte DUPUIS.
Occupation
Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE 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-Baptiste FONTAINE 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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