Joseph FAFARD

(b. 5 March 1731 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 25 September 1773 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph FAFARD was born 5 March 1731 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph FAFARD was the child of Joseph-Noel FAFARD and Marie-Josephte LEMAITRE dite AUGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-François FAFARD dit DELORME and Marie-Ursule JACOB (maternal) Charles LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Madeleine CREVIER dite BELLERIVE

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

Joseph married Josephte LAGUERCE 25 February 1754 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte LAGUERCE was born abt. 1732 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Jean-François LAGUERCE and Marguerite BISSONNETTE dite LAFAVERIE.

Joseph FAFARD died 25 September 1773 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Laguerce Josephte

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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 FAFARD married

Josephte LAGUERCE-- Date: 25 February 1754 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Josephte LAGUERCE was the child of Jean-François LAGUERCE and Marguerite BISSONNETTE dite LAFAVERIE

Children of Joseph FAFARD and Josephte LAGUERCE:

Marie-Josephe FAFARD (b.3 December 1755, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1817, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Claude-Joseph COLARD 18 October 1779 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Antoine FAFARD (b.29 August 1757, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1835, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine DURAND 11 January 1779 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)
m. Marie LESAGE 12 July 1819 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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1731 Birth
5 March 1731
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FAFARD and Josephte LAGUERCE 25 February 1754, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 22 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FAFARD was born 3 December 1755, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Antoine FAFARD was born 29 August 1757, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.