Joseph BELANGER

(b. 2 February 1725 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1794 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BELANGER was born 2 February 1725 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Joseph BELANGER was the child of François BELANGER and Geneviève CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BELANGER and Marguerite LEFRANCOIS (maternal) René CLOUTIER and Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

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

Joseph married Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER 1 March 1745 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER was born 4 March 1725 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Geneviève-Salomee was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS.

Joseph married (2) Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX 5 June 1752 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX was born 22 April 1735 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Thecle-Therese died 4 December 1794 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Thecle-Therese was the child of Pierre-Augustin LEMIEUX and Marie-Geneviève CARON.

Joseph BELANGER died 8 March 1794 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .

m. Fournier Genevieve-Salomee
m. Lemieux Thecle-Therese

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Joseph BELANGER

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Joseph BELANGER married

Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER-- Date: 1 March 1745 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS

Children of Joseph BELANGER and Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER:

Marguerite BELANGER (b.18 April 1746, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charles CLOUTIER 4 February 1765 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph BELANGER married

Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX-- Date: 5 June 1752 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX was the child of Pierre-Augustin LEMIEUX and Marie-Geneviève CARON

Children of Joseph BELANGER and Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX:

Joseph-Marie BELANGER (b.30 September 1752, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 16 November 1820, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Francoise DANEAU 23 October 1775 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1725 Birth
2 February 1725
L'Islet, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BELANGER and Geneviève-Salomee FOURNIER 1 March 1745, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 20 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELANGER was born 18 April 1746, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph was 21 years old.

1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BELANGER and Thecle-Therese LEMIEUX 5 June 1752, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 27 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie BELANGER was born 30 September 1752, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BELANGER married 4 February 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Charles CLOUTIER

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie BELANGER married 23 October 1775, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Francoise DANEAU

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.