flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  FRADET

  (b. 2 April 1733 Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France   d. 9 May 1814 Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste FRADET was born 2 April 1733 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FRADET was the child of Augustin FRADET   and   Geneviève LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR and Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON (maternal)  Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Josephe BOULAY 23 April 1759 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BOULAY  was born 7 May 1734 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier).  Marie-Josephe died 24 February 1812 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph BOULAY and Monique MEUNIER.

Jean-Baptiste FRADET died 9 May 1814 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste FRADET 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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Jean-Baptiste FRADET married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephe BOULAY-- Date: 23 April 1759 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe BOULAY was the child of Joseph BOULAY and Monique MEUNIER




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birth1733 Birth
2 April 1733
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
marriage1759 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FRADET and Marie-Josephe BOULAY 23 April 1759, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 26 years old.
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1812 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe BOULAY died 24 February 1812, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
marriage1813 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FRADET married 15 February 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Joseph LEMIEUX
death1814 Death
9 May 1814
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 81.
Added: 6/29/2025 9:39:50 AM - Updated: 6/29/2025 9:41:42 AM

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