Marie-Josephte HEROUX

(b. 17 June 1738 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1795 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte HEROUX was born 17 June 1738 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte HEROUX was the child of Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marie-Françoise BENOIT (maternal) Étienne GARNIER (GRENIER) dit PELLERIN and Françoise BERGERON

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

Marie-Josephte married Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE 1 February 1761 in Yamachiche, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE was born 24 April 1738 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Etienne-Claude died 20 February 1802 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Etienne-Claude was the child of Claude CROISETIERE and Jeanne-Angelique PREVOST.

Marie-Josephte HEROUX died 12 March 1795 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Marie-Josephte HEROUX married

Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE-- Date: 1 February 1761 Place: Yamachiche, Canada
Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE was the child of Claude CROISETIERE and Jeanne-Angelique PREVOST

Children of Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE and Marie-Josephte HEROUX:

Antoine CROISETIERE (b.14 September 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1833, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine ALLARD 6 August 1798 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
17 June 1738
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte HEROUX and Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE 1 February 1761, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 22 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Antoine CROISETIERE was born 14 September 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 36 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.