flag male ancestor  Jacques  FORTIN

  (b. 15 April 1795 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 28 October 1887 Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada )  

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Jacques FORTIN was born 15 April 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jacques FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN   and   Julienne SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal)  Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Victoire-Desanges LAVOIE

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

Jacques  married  Louise BOUCHARD 2 September 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BOUCHARD  was born 1 November 1795 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Louise died 18 March 1869 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee).  Louise was the child of Pierre-Joseph BOUCHARD and Ursule TREMBLAY.

Jacques FORTIN died 28 October 1887 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jacques FORTIN 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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