Joseph MICHEL

(b. 1 April 1731 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 February 1809 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MICHEL was born 1 April 1731 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph MICHEL was the child of Joseph MICHEL and Marie Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MICHEL dit ST-MICHEL and Catherine COMEAU (maternal) François BOUDROT and Madeleine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Joseph married Marie Anne LORD 15 January 1753 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie Anne LORD was born 5 December 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Anne died abt. 1810 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie Anne was the child of Charles LORD (LAURE) and Marie Josephe DOUCET.

Joseph MICHEL died 15 February 1809 in L'Acadie, Lower 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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Family and Children of Joseph MICHEL

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Joseph MICHEL married

Marie Anne LORD-- Date: 15 January 1753 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Anne LORD was the child of Charles LORD (LAURE) and Marie Josephe DOUCET

Children of Joseph MICHEL and Marie Anne LORD:

Marie Anne MICHEL (b.23 October 1754, Port Royal, Acadia d. 24 November 1839, Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre BRUNEL 5 February 1776 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph ST MICHEL (b.November 1757, Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 10 January 1836, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe PATENAUDE 22 June 1778 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marguerite MICHEL (b.abt. 1759, Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 14 June 1846, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER 15 July 1777 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie Josephte MICHEL (b.abt. 1761, , Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 20 October 1838, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Francois LUSSIER 24 November 1777 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1731 Birth
1 April 1731
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MICHEL and Marie Anne LORD 15 January 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 21 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie Anne MICHEL was born 23 October 1754, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 23 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Joseph ST MICHEL was born November 1757, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Joseph was 26 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 - 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne MICHEL married 5 February 1776, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Pierre BRUNEL

1777 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MICHEL married 15 July 1777, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephte MICHEL married 24 November 1777, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Pierre-Francois LUSSIER

1778 Marriage of Child
Joseph ST MICHEL married 22 June 1778, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Josephe PATENAUDE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)