Joseph MOREAU

(b. 30 June 1739 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1811 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MOREAU was born 30 June 1739 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph MOREAU was the child of Jean-Francois-Ignace MOREAU and Anne DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Marie-Anne RODRIGUE (maternal) Jean DIONNE and Marie-Charlotte MIGNAULT

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

Joseph married Marthe TONDREAU 5 February 1759 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe TONDREAU was born 2 March 1729 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marthe died 5 December 1795 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marthe was the child of Joseph TONDREAU and Elisabeth LANGELIER.

Joseph MOREAU died 4 January 1811 in L'Islet, 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 MOREAU married

Marthe TONDREAU-- Date: 5 February 1759 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Marthe TONDREAU was the child of Joseph TONDREAU and Elisabeth LANGELIER

Children of Joseph MOREAU and Marthe TONDREAU:

Joseph MOREAU (b.7 February 1768, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1847, L'Islet, Canada East )
m. Genevieve CARON 15 January 1788 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1739 Birth
30 June 1739
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MOREAU and Marthe TONDREAU 5 February 1759, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 19 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph MOREAU was born 7 February 1768, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph was 28 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph MOREAU married 15 January 1788, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Genevieve CARON

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

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