Joseph BELANGER

(b. abt. 1816 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Joseph BELANGER was born abt. 1816 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph BELANGER was the child of Chrysostome BELANGER and Therese PETRIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Chrysostome BELANGER and Marie-Louise GODIN (maternal) Antoine PÉTRIN and Marie-Thérèse FORCIER

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne CANTARA 2 October 1837 in Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CANTARA was born abt. 1816 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Francois CANTARA and Marie-Anne LETENDRE.

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Occupation

Joseph BELANGER 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

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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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Joseph BELANGER married

Marie-Anne CANTARA-- Date: 2 October 1837 Place: Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada

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Marie-Anne CANTARA was the child of Francois CANTARA and Marie-Anne LETENDRE

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Children of Joseph BELANGER and Marie-Anne CANTARA:

Narcisse "Nelson" BELANGER (b.4 June 1846, Sorel, Canada East d. 7 September 1918, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Alphonsine LAVALLEE 7 January 1878

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