Joseph MARCOTTE

(b. 5 January 1728 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1790 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph MARCOTTE was born 5 January 1728 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Joseph MARCOTTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE and Marie-Marguerite HARDY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MARCOTTE and Louise BEAUDET (maternal) Pierre HARDY dit CHATILLON and Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS

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

Joseph married Marie-Thérèse PLEAU 3 February 1749 in Donnacona, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse PLEAU was born 29 November 1722 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Thérèse died 7 February 1785 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Ignace PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine GODIN.

Joseph MARCOTTE died 11 August 1790 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Pleau Marie-Therese

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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 MARCOTTE married

Marie-Thérèse PLEAU-- Date: 3 February 1749 Place: Donnacona, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse PLEAU was the child of Ignace PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine GODIN

Children of Joseph MARCOTTE and Marie-Thérèse PLEAU:

Joseph MARCOTTE (b.24 December 1749, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1825, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Louise LEFEBVRE 10 February 1772 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1728 Birth
5 January 1728
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MARCOTTE and Marie-Thérèse PLEAU 3 February 1749, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 21 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Joseph MARCOTTE was born 24 December 1749, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Joseph was 21 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Joseph MARCOTTE married 10 February 1772, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Louise LEFEBVRE

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.