Josephte LAROCQUE

(b. 29 December 1726 , Île-Perrot, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1784 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephte LAROCQUE was born 29 December 1726 in Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

Josephte LAROCQUE was the child of Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (maternal) Pierre SABOURIN and Madeleine PERRIER

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Josephte married Thomas PROULX 15 May 1747 in Oka, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thomas PROULX was born 21 July 1724 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Thomas died 2 February 1806 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Thomas was the child of Jacques PROULX dit LEPOITEVIN and Jeanne PILON.

Josephte LAROCQUE died 12 September 1784 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Josephte LAROCQUE married

Thomas PROULX-- Date: 15 May 1747 Place: Oka, Canada, New France
Thomas PROULX was the child of Jacques PROULX dit LEPOITEVIN and Jeanne PILON

Children of Thomas PROULX and Josephte LAROCQUE:

Marie-Josephte PROULX (b.19 June 1748, Oka, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1810, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR 7 July 1766 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Marie-Charlotte PROULX (b.13 February 1755, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 30 June 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Simon ETHIER 13 January 1772 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Thomas PROULX (b.28 August 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada d. 7 May 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Catherine BRAZEAU 4 February 1783 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1726 Birth
29 December 1726
Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LAROCQUE and Thomas PROULX 15 May 1747, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

She was 20 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PROULX was born 19 June 1748, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Josephte was 21 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte PROULX was born 13 February 1755, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Josephte was 28 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Thomas PROULX was born 28 August 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Josephte was 33 years old.

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PROULX married 7 July 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte PROULX married 13 January 1772, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada to Simon ETHIER

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.