flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  SYLVESTRE

  (b. 5 October 1727 Lotbinière, Canada, New France   d. 7 February 1823 Québec, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was born 5 October 1727 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was the child of Francois SYLVESTRE   and   Marie-Anne NOEL dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

Jean-Baptiste  married  Barbe DORION 14 June 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barbe DORION  was born 4 August 1727 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Barbe died 21 August 1797 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Barbe was the child of Jean-Claude DORION and Madeleine CHAPEAU.

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE died 7 February 1823 in Québec, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE 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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