Jean-Baptiste
SYLVESTRE
(b.
5 October 1727
,
Lotbinière, Canada, New France
d.
7 February 1823
,
Québec, Lower Canada
)
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SYLVESTRE Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
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 NEVEUSpouse(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 .
Details of the family tree of Jean-Baptiste appear below.
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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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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