Grave has been located immigrant - Canada to US  male ancestor  Joseph-Eustache  PONTBRIAND

  (b. October 19, 1823 Sorel, Lower Canada   d. July 28, 1886 Chazy, New York, USA )  

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Joseph-Eustache PONTBRIAND was born October 19, 1823 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Joseph-Eustache PONTBRIAND was the child of François-Eustache PONTBRIAND dit SANSREGRET   and   Felicite VANDAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) and Marie-Thérèse PERRON (maternal)  Jean-Baptiste VANDAL and Marguerite-Thérèse-Théotiste ST. MARTIN

Joseph-Eustache was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1839.

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

Joseph-Eustache  married  Angeline BÉRARD dite LEPINE .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angeline BÉRARD dite LEPINE  was born July 26, 1828 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Angeline died February 11, 1916 in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable).  Angeline was the child of Antoine BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marguerite GERMAIN dite BELISLE.

Joseph-Eustache PONTBRIAND died July 28, 1886 in Chazy, New York, USA .





Died at Sciota, New York


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Occupation

Joseph-Eustache PONTBRIAND was a Farmer.
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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