flag male ancestor  Joseph  DESBIENS

  (b. abt. 1826 Québec Province, Canada   d. 16 December 1895 St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada )  

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Joseph DESBIENS was born abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph DESBIENS was the child of François DESBIENS   and   Suzanne GUÉRIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis-Marie DESBIENS and Anne-Louise TREMBLAY (maternal)  Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie BOUDREAU

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

Joseph  married  Genevieve LAPOINTE 11 January 1848 in La Malbaie, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LAPOINTE  was born abt. 1827 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Genevieve died 6 October 1893 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada.  Genevieve was the child of Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Joseph DESBIENS died 16 December 1895 in St-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray, Canada.
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Occupation

Joseph DESBIENS 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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