flag male ancestor  Joseph  COLLETTE

  (b. 3 May 1776 Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 12 November 1814 Varennes, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph COLLETTE was born 3 May 1776 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph COLLETTE was the child of Joseph COLLETTE   and   Marie-Josephte PARENT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph COLLET (COLLETTE) and Françoise ALLARD (maternal)  Pierre PARENT and Louise GAGNON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph  married  Charlotte BRUNELLE 21 January 1799 in Varennes, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BRUNELLE  was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Charlotte died 12 March 1855 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres).  Charlotte was the child of Jacques BRUNEL and Elisabeth-Isabelle JODOIN.

Joseph COLLETTE died 12 November 1814 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph COLLETTE 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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