flag male ancestor  Sylvestre  BOUCHARD

  (b. 27 December 1823 Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada   d. 28 February 1908 Péribonka, Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada )  

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Sylvestre BOUCHARD was born 27 December 1823 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Sylvestre BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph-Roger BOUCHARD   and   Marie-Olive TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph BOUCHARD and Emerentienne TREMBLAY (maternal)  Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU

Sylvestre BOUCHARD died 28 February 1908 in Péribonka, Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada.
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Occupation

Sylvestre BOUCHARD 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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