Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE

(b. 5 October 1727 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1823 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was born 5 October 1727 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE was the child of Francois SYLVESTRE and Marie-Anne NOEL dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Barbe DORION 14 June 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barbe DORION was born 4 August 1727 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Barbe died 21 August 1797 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Barbe was the child of Jean-Claude DORION and Madeleine CHAPEAU.

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE died 7 February 1823 in Québec, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE 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

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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE

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Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE married

Barbe DORION-- Date: 14 June 1752 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Barbe DORION was the child of Jean-Claude DORION and Madeleine CHAPEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Barbe DORION:

Louise SYLVESTRE (b.26 September 1755, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1826, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Charles CARON 13 April 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1727 Birth
5 October 1727
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SYLVESTRE and Barbe DORION 14 June 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 24 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Birth of Child
Louise SYLVESTRE was born 26 September 1755, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.