flag male ancestor  Joseph  PICHE

  (b. 29 April 1816 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada   d. 20 September 1888 Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph PICHE was born 29 April 1816 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Joseph PICHE was the child of Jean-Louis PICHE   and   Marguerite PROVENCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste PICHE and Marie-Thérèse LANGLOIS (maternal)  Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)

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

Joseph  married  Marie BLACKBURN 10 August 1850 in Chicoutimi, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BLACKBURN  was born 28 April 1833 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic).  Marie died 5 December 1911 in Saint-Honoré, Saguenay, Québec, Canada.  Marie was the child of Joseph BLACKBURN and Marie HARVEY.

Joseph PICHE died 20 September 1888 in Chicoutimi-Nord, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Joseph PICHE 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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