flag male ancestor  Joseph-Firmin  BASTARACHE

  (b. November 1766 Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 4 October 1826 Yamachiche, Lower Canada )  

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Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE was born November 1766 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE was the child of Anselme BASTARACHE   and   Marguerite MELANSON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD (maternal)  Ambroise MELANSON and Marguerite COMEAU

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

Joseph-Firmin  married  Marie-Louise RIVARD 9 November 1789 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Louise RIVARD  was born 17 March 1763 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).  Marie-Louise died 1 June 1838 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).  Marie-Louise was the child of Robert RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS.

Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE died 4 October 1826 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph-Firmin appear below.

Occupation

Joseph-Firmin BASTARACHE 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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