Ancestor is complete! flag male ancestor  Antoine-Salois  CAYA

  (b. 14 October 1773 Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 7 February 1824 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )  
Age: 52

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Antoine-Salois CAYA was born 14 October 1773 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoine-Salois CAYA was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA)   and   Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN (maternal)  Jean BOUDREAU (BOUDROT) and Marguerite COMEAU

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

Antoine-Salois  married  Marie-Thérèse CARTIER 26 May 1795 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie-Thérèse CARTIER  was born 2 January 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Thérèse died 24 October 1820 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Thérèse was the child of François-De-Sales CARTIER and Louise-Marie PETIT dite BRUNEAU.

Antoine-Salois  married  (2) Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD 1 May 1821 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Susanne CHOUINARD  was born 3 October 1796 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).  Marie-Susanne died 3 October 1857 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).  Marie-Susanne was the child of Louis-Marie CHOUINARD and Marie-Josephe LEVASSEUR.

Antoine-Salois CAYA died 7 February 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine-Salois appear below.

Occupation

Antoine-Salois CAYA 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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