Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS

(b. 2 August 1747 , Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 7 September 1816 , Laval, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS was born 2 August 1747 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS was the child of Pierre DESJARDINS and Genevieve VERMET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Roch DESJARDINS and Marie BOULARD dite CAMBRAI (maternal) Antoine VERMET and Genevieve PLOUFFE

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Joseph-Pierre married Angélique LAPORTE 1 February 1773 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique LAPORTE was born 8 July 1751 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Angélique died 18 April 1836 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Angélique was the child of Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU.

Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS died 7 September 1816 in Laval, 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-Pierre DESJARDINS married

Angélique LAPORTE-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique LAPORTE was the child of Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU

Children of Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS and Angélique LAPORTE:

Marie-Angélique DESJARDINS (b.abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 March 1847, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East )
m. Pierre SAURIOL 1 June 1795 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1747 Birth
2 August 1747
Terrebonne, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Pierre DESJARDINS and Angélique LAPORTE 1 February 1773, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 25 years old.

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.