flag male ancestor  Michel  OUELLET

  (b. 8 January 1741 Kamouraska, Canada, New France   d. 18 March 1808 Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )  

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Michel OUELLET was born 8 January 1741 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Michel OUELLET was the child of Alexis OUELLET   and   Catherine MOREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Mathurin-René OUELLET and Angélique LEBEL (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Marie-Anne RODRIGUE

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

Michel  married  Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET 22 November 1762 in Kamouraska, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET  was born 30 December 1736 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere).  Marguerite died 7 March 1825 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Marguerite was the child of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Geneviève LEVASSEUR.

Michel OUELLET died 18 March 1808 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Michel OUELLET 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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