Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU)

(b. 20 April 1713 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1784 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) was born 20 April 1713 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) was the child of Nicolas GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) and Marie-Catherine MASSÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) and Marie-Madeleine PRUNIER (maternal) Jacques MASSÉ dit BEAUMIER and Marie-Catherine GUILLET

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Joseph married Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX 1 June 1749 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX was born 18 November 1731 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Genevieve died 8 October 1813 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Genevieve was the child of Jean ST-PÈRE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Anne BOURBEAU dite LACOURSE.

Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) died 9 April 1784 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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.

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Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) married

Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX-- Date: 1 June 1749 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX was the child of Jean ST-PÈRE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Anne BOURBEAU dite LACOURSE

Children of Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) and Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX:

Joseph GAILLOUX (b.abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 May 1841, Deschaillons, Canada East )

Charlotte GAILLOUX (b.7 February 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. 28 May 1836, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Francois LEVASSEUR 16 January 1775 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1713 Birth
20 April 1713
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1749 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAILLOUX (GAILLOU) and Marie-Genevieve ST-PÈRE dite CHAMPOUX 1 June 1749, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 36 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Charlotte GAILLOUX was born 7 February 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 46 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 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GAILLOUX married 16 January 1775, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Francois LEVASSEUR

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.