flag male ancestor  Antoine  CAYA (CAILLA)

  (b. 24 February 1742 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France   d. 21 August 1822 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )  

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Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) was born 24 February 1742 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) was the child of Joseph CAYA (CAILLA)   and   Marie-Anne TROTTIER dite BEAUBIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) (maternal)  Michel-Louis TROTTIER dit BEAUBIEN and Marie-Thérèse MOUET DE MORAS

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

Antoine  married  Catherine-Josephte PROULX 2 March 1767 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Catherine-Josephte PROULX  was born 1 October 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Catherine-Josephte died 28 September 1776 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Catherine-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Catherine LEFEBVRE DESCÔTEAUX SENNEVILLE.

Antoine  married  (2) Catherine-Antoinette VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT 3 February 1777 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Catherine-Antoinette VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT  was born 26 November 1753 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada.  Catherine-Antoinette died 23 February 1841 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Catherine-Antoinette was the child of Antoine VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Louise ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU.

Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) died 21 August 1822 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Antoine CAYA (CAILLA) 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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