Joseph DUBE

(b. 7 September 1757 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1816 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DUBE was born 7 September 1757 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Joseph DUBE was the child of Joseph DUBE and Marie-Geneviève HUDON dite BEAULIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Angélique GAGNON

Joseph had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Joseph married Marguerite LAVOIE 14 January 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite LAVOIE was born 20 July 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Roch LAVOIE and Josephte BERUBE.

Joseph DUBE died 5 April 1816 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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 DUBE married

Marguerite LAVOIE-- Date: 14 January 1788 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite LAVOIE was the child of Jean-Roch LAVOIE and Josephte BERUBE

Children of Joseph DUBE and Marguerite LAVOIE:

Prosper DUBE (b.25 July 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1876, Cacouna, Québec, Canada )
m. Henriette MICHAUD 7 January 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Genevieve DUBE (b.18 August 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 16 April 1875, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada )
m. Ignace LEVESQUE 28 November 1826 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Jean-Honore DUBE (b.6 December1808 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 23 August 1890, Rimouski, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Rose MALENFANT 16 September 1834 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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1757 Birth
7 September 1757
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

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.

Revolutionary War
DUBE, JOSEPH
Ancestor #: A209672
Service: CANADA Rank(s): CORPORAL
Birth: 9-6-1757 RIVIERE OUELLE CANADA
Death: 4-5-1816 RIVIERE OUELLE LOWER CANADA
Service Source: NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #81
Service Description: 1) CAPT PHILIP LIEBERT, COL MOSES HAZEN

RESIDENCE
1) City: RIVIERE OUELLE - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARGUERITE LAVOIE
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Revolutionary War
DUBE,Joseph (Duba). Corporal, Hazen's Regt., 1783 (Mooers list); recruited Nov. 1776 by Philip Liebert (M246)
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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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUBE and Marguerite LAVOIE 14 January 1788, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 30 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Birth of Child
Prosper DUBE was born 25 July 1802, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Genevieve DUBE was born 18 August 1804, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 46 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Jean-Honore DUBE was born 6 December1808 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 51 years old.