flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  BRILLAND (BRIAND)

  (b. August 29, 1760 Contrecœur, Canada   d. November 14, 1839 Sorel, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was born August 29, 1760 in Contrecœur, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIAND   and   Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Anne BAILLARGEON (maternal)  Claude JODOUIN (JODOIN) and Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS

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

Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Thérèse PERRON 29 September 1794 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse PERRON  was born February 19, 1774 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine).  Marie-Thérèse died May 21, 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).  Marie-Thérèse was the child of Eustache PERRON and Thérèse HERPIN (ARPIN).

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) died November 14, 1839 in Sorel, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was a Farmer, Voyageur .
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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