Joseph LORRAIN

(b. 16 September 1728 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1804 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LORRAIN was born 16 September 1728 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Joseph LORRAIN was the child of Joseph LORRAIN dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Josephte RANGER dite PAQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Thierry-Pierre LORRAIN and Marie-Anne-Jeanne MATOU (MATHON) dite LABRIE (maternal) Pierre RANGER and Marguerite FORTIN

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Joseph married Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU 25 January 1751 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU was born 23 August 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Francoise-Amable died 6 June 1790 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Francoise-Amable was the child of Gabriel BRAZEAU and Angélique ANDEGRAVE.

Joseph LORRAIN died 12 December 1804 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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 LORRAIN married

Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU-- Date: 25 January 1751 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU was the child of Gabriel BRAZEAU and Angélique ANDEGRAVE

Children of Joseph LORRAIN and Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU:

Pierre LORRAIN (b.18 April 1766, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie LALONGE dite GASCON 23 February 1789 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
16 September 1728
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LORRAIN and Francoise-Amable BRAZEAU 25 January 1751, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 22 years old.

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

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 Birth of Child
Pierre LORRAIN was born 18 April 1766, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph was 37 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.