Joseph-Francois SOUCY

(b. 6 January 1726 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 6 October 1801 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Francois SOUCY was born 6 January 1726 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Joseph-Francois SOUCY was the child of Pierre SOUCY and Marie-Jeanne MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SOUCY and Elisabeth-Ursule FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Marie VAILLANCOURT

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Joseph-Francois married Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT 30 September 1748 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Rose died 8 August 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Rose was the child of Jean GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Anne LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE.

Joseph-Francois SOUCY died 6 October 1801 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .

m. Gueret Marie-Rose

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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-Francois SOUCY married

Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT-- Date: 30 September 1748 Place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT was the child of Jean GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Anne LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE

Children of Joseph-Francois SOUCY and Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT:

Alexandre SOUCY (b.27 January 1761, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada d. 9 October 1832, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine PHOCAS 27 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1726 Birth
6 January 1726
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Francois SOUCY and Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT 30 September 1748, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Alexandre SOUCY was born 27 January 1761, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph-Francois was 35 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.

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.