flag male ancestor  Desire  TURCOTTE

  (b. abt. 1822 Québec Province, Canada   d. 25 December 1887 Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )  

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Desire TURCOTTE was born abt. 1822 in Québec Province, Canada

Desire TURCOTTE was the child of Louis TURCOTTE (TURCOT)   and   Marie-Madeleine BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean Baptiste TURCOTTE (TURCOT) and Josephte GAUMOND (maternal)  Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS

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

Desire  married  Marie TREMBLAY 19 November 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie TREMBLAY  was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marie was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Therese BELLEY.

Desire TURCOTTE died 25 December 1887 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Desire TURCOTTE 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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