Joseph-Antoine PARADIS

(b. 12 July 1738 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1821 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Antoine PARADIS was born 12 July 1738 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Joseph-Antoine PARADIS was the child of Jacques PARADIS and Marie-Rosalie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Geneviève MILLOIR (maternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Madeleine DANCOSSE

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

Joseph-Antoine married Marie-Therese LEVESQUE 25 June 1764 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Therese LEVESQUE was born 21 January 1743 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Therese died 7 July 1800 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER.

Joseph-Antoine PARADIS died 21 August 1821 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. Cote Rose
m. Levesque 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-Antoine PARADIS married

Marie-Therese LEVESQUE-- Date: 25 June 1764 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER

Children of Joseph-Antoine PARADIS and Marie-Therese LEVESQUE:

Rosalie PARADIS (b.2 December 1766, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 December 1847, Cacouna, Canada East )
m. Benjamin LEVASSEUR 29 January 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph PARADIS (b.14 August 1770, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 February 1863, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte DIONNE 18 November 1793 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Ignace PARADIS (b.13 August 1772, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1854, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Desanges OUELLET 6 October 1795 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1738 Birth
12 July 1738
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Antoine PARADIS and Marie-Therese LEVESQUE 25 June 1764, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 25 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Rosalie PARADIS was born 2 December 1766, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Antoine was 28 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Joseph PARADIS was born 14 August 1770, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Antoine was 32 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Ignace PARADIS was born 13 August 1772, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Antoine was 34 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)

1786 Marriage of Child
Rosalie PARADIS married 29 January 1786, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Benjamin LEVASSEUR

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Joseph PARADIS married 18 November 1793, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Josephte DIONNE

1795 Marriage of Child
Ignace PARADIS married 6 October 1795, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Desanges OUELLET

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)