flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  PARADIS

  (b. 11 October 1730 Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France   d. 12 January 1811 Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste PARADIS was born 11 October 1730 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS was the child of Ignace PARADIS   and   Marie-Anne TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR (maternal)  François TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marguerite OUIMET

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

Jean-Baptiste  married  Veronique CARRIER 25 November 1755 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique CARRIER  was born 4 August 1733 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy).  Veronique died 18 November 1816 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy).  Veronique was the child of Charles CARRIER and Veronique GUAY.

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS died 12 January 1811 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS 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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