Joseph BRULE

(b. 29 September 1721 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1804 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BRULE was born 29 September 1721 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph BRULE was the child of Antoine BRÛLÉ dit FRANCOEUR and Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis MÉLINE and Anne-Marie MASSARD

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Joseph married Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE 26 January 1750 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE was born 8 September 1732 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Anne died 27 January 1812 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Elisabeth LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Joseph BRULE died 29 April 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Joseph BRULE married

Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Elisabeth LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Joseph BRULE and Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE:

Joseph-Charles BRULE (b.8 November 1750, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 3 July 1803, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU 30 January 1775 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne BRULE (b.16 July 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1790, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Francois BARIL 26 January 1771 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
29 September 1721
Sorel, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRULE and Marie-Anne SYLVESTRE 26 January 1750 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 28 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Joseph-Charles BRULE was born 8 November 1750, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BRULE was born 16 July 1752, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Joseph was 30 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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BRULE married 26 January 1771, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Francois BARIL

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Charles BRULE married 30 January 1775, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU

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.