Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX

(b. 30 July 1724 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 8 October 1802 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )
Age: 74

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Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX was born 30 July 1724 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX was the child of Pierre FAUTEUX and Catherine DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FAUTEUX and Péronne BULTÉ dite PICARD (maternal) Pierre DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS and Jeanne-Renée CHARTIER

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe BERTHELET 19 February 1753 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BERTHELET was born 8 March 1736 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Josephe died 25 March 1821 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Jacques BERTHELET and Marie-Anne SENECAL.

Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX died 8 October 1802 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX was a fur trader, milicia man, 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

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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Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX married

Marie-Josephe BERTHELET-- Date: 19 February 1753 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe BERTHELET was the child of Jacques BERTHELET and Marie-Anne SENECAL

Children of Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX and Marie-Josephe BERTHELET:

Pierre FAUTEUX (b.12 February 1761, Montréal, Canada d. 8 July 1836, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Josephte ROY 6 February 1787 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
30 July 1724
Sorel, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FAUTEUX and Marie-Josephe BERTHELET 19 February 1753, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre FAUTEUX was born 12 February 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.