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Adolphe ST-GELAIS was born 17 August 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Adolphe ST-GELAIS was the child of Sauveur ST-GELAIS and Judith POTVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sauveur BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY (maternal) Louis POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Scholastique THIBAULTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Adolphe married Madeleine COTE 2 May 1848 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine COTE was born 17 March 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste COTE and Emerentienne GIRARD.
Occupation
Adolphe ST-GELAIS 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
Adolphe ST-GELAIS 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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