Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX

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22 November 1771 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE Louise PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN

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Born: 22 November 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE

Mother: Louise PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN , Jeanne-Marguerite LECLERC

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Jean-Baptiste married Josephte LAFOND 16 October 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAFOND was born 14 May 1778 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Josephte died 30 September 1812 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Josephte was the child of François-Joseph LAFOND and Josephte DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.

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Recorded occupation: 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

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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Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX married

Josephte LAFOND
Marriage date: 16 October 1798
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Josephte LAFOND was the child of François-Joseph LAFOND and Josephte DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX and Josephte LAFOND

Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

Born: 13 June 1799, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 30 October 1878, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Michel BOISVERT 10 May 1819 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1771
22 November 1771
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

1798 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX and Josephte LAFOND 16 October 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 26 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX was born 13 June 1799, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

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