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 MORASSpouse(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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
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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