Joseph-Louis
CAYA
(b.
11 May 1779
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 March 1839
,
Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph-Louis CAYA was born 11 May 1779 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Louis 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 COMEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Louis married Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR 28 October 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marie-Anne DESHAIES dite ST-CYR was born 12 March 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Anne died 11 December 1855 in Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR and Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE.
Joseph-Louis CAYA died 21 March 1839 in Sherbrooke, Lower Canada.
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Occupation
Joseph-Louis 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Joseph-Louis 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
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 changesFrom 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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