Joseph LACROIX

(b. 29 March 1717 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1778 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph LACROIX was born 29 March 1717 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Joseph LACROIX was the child of Louis LACROIX and Suzanne LABRECQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-David LACROIX and Marie-Barthélémie MAILLOUX (maternal) Mathurin LABRECQUE and Marie-Marthe LEMIEUX

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise BRIDEAU 25 May 1739 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BRIDEAU was born 8 May 1719 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 1 October 1793 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Hilaire BRIDEAU and Marie-Josephe PAQUET.

Joseph LACROIX died 18 August 1778 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Brideau Marie-Louise

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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 LACROIX married

Marie-Louise BRIDEAU-- Date: 25 May 1739 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise BRIDEAU was the child of Jean-Hilaire BRIDEAU and Marie-Josephe PAQUET

Children of Joseph LACROIX and Marie-Louise BRIDEAU:

Marie-Louise LACROIX (b.1 February 1745, La Durantaye, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1821, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Theophile MENARD 19 June 1780 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1717 Birth
29 March 1717
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LACROIX and Marie-Louise BRIDEAU 25 May 1739, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1739 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LACROIX was born 1 February 1745, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

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.