flag male ancestor  Louis-Joseph  CAYA (CAILLA)

  (b. 28 October 1753 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France   d. 4 February 1820 Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )  

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Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) was born 28 October 1753 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Louis-Joseph 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):

Louis-Joseph  married  Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT 23 February 1784 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 18 children.
Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT  was born 7 March 1767 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Josephte died 22 December 1808 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre).  Josephte was the child of Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marguerite AUBRY.

Louis-Joseph  married  (2) Françoise LEBEAU BEAUFILS 8 October 1810 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada .  Françoise LEBEAU BEAUFILS  was born 2 June 1762 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas).  Françoise was the child of Pierre-Étienne LEBEAU dit BEAUFILS and Françoise BÉNARD.

Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) died 4 February 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Louis-Joseph 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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