Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

(b. 9 April 1724 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1786 , Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was born 9 April 1724 in Laval, Canada, New France

Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was the child of Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Robert DUPRAC and Marguerite VACHON (maternal) Mathieu HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) and Catherine GOULET

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

Joseph married Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS 13 October 1749 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS was born 7 February 1728 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Charlotte died 23 April 1758 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT.

Joseph married (2) Charlotte BEAULIEU 12 January 1761 in Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BEAULIEU was born 5 April 1736 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Charlotte died 18 January 1803 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Charlotte was the child of Louis THOMAS dit BEAULIEU and Jeanne LABRECQUE.

Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) died 26 January 1786 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Beaulieu Charlotte
m. Gervais Marie-Charlotte

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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 DUPRAS (DUPRAC) married

Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS-- Date: 13 October 1749 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS was the child of Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT

Children of Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS:

Joseph DUPRAS (b.2 December 1751, Laval, Canada, New France d. 8 January 1812, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

Etienne DUPRAS (b.abt. 1756, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) married

Charlotte BEAULIEU-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Laval, Canada
Charlotte BEAULIEU was the child of Louis THOMAS dit BEAULIEU and Jeanne LABRECQUE

Children of Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Charlotte BEAULIEU:

Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) (PRATTE) (b.18 February 1776, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 April 1847, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Ursule ETHIER 18 February 1805 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
9 April 1724
Laval, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS 13 October 1749 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph DUPRAS was born 2 December 1751, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

1758 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte GERVAIS died 23 April 1758, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Charlotte BEAULIEU 12 January 1761, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 36 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) (PRATTE) was born 18 February 1776, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Joseph was 51 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Death
26 January 1786
Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 61.

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