Jean-Baptiste
DESCOTEAUX
(b.
22 November 1771
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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DESCOTEAUX Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX was born 22 November 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Louise PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Catherine DESROCHES (maternal) Guillaume PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN and Jeanne-Marguerite LECLERCSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Baptiste married Josephte LAFOND 16 October 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LAFOND was born 14 May 1778 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Josephte died 30 September 1812 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Josephte was the child of François-Joseph LAFOND and Josephte DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.
Occupation
Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Jean-Baptiste DESCOTEAUX 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
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 changesFrom 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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