flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  ROY

  (b. 26 February 1799 Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada   d. 16 January 1878 Montréal, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 26 February 1799 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste ROY was the child of ?   and   ?

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

Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN) 24 October 1815 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite CANTIN (QUENTIN)  was born 1 July 1799 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).  Marie-Marguerite died 31 August 1832 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Marguerite was the child of Joseph CANTIN (QUENTIN) and Marie-Louise-Angelique SICARD.

Jean-Baptiste  married  (2) Louise ETHIER 16 July 1833 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada .  Louise ETHIER  was born 3 September 1790 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima).  Louise was the child of Pierre ETHIER and Marie-Louise LAPLANTE.

Jean-Baptiste ROY died 16 January 1878 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .





Adopted son of Jean Baptiste Roy and Marie Claire Cadieux


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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste ROY 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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