Marie-Josephte LABERGE

(b. 20 October 1770 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 April 1809 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte LABERGE was born 20 October 1770 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte LABERGE was the child of Guillaume LABERGE and Marie PHANEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume LABERGE and Marie-Anne COITOU dite ST JEAN (maternal) Claude FARNSWORTH PHANEUF and Marie BOUSQUET

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Marie-Josephte married Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT 22 October 1787 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT was born 11 April 1766 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Léon was the child of Joseph SURPRENANT and Geneviève LAMARRE.

Marie-Josephte LABERGE died 25 April 1809 in L'Acadie, 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 LABERGE married

Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT-- Date: 22 October 1787 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT was the child of Joseph SURPRENANT and Geneviève LAMARRE

Children of Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT and Marie-Josephte LABERGE:

Marie-Josette SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY (b.27 March 1791, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1882, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada )
m. Jerome BESSETTE 16 November 1807 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pierre SURPRENANT (b.25 July 1794, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1854, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East)
m. Josephte TREMBLAY 30 October 1832 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1770 Birth
20 October 1770
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LABERGE and Joseph-Léon SURPRENANT 22 October 1787, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 17 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Josette SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY was born 27 March 1791, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Josephte was 20 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Pierre SURPRENANT was born 25 July 1794, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette SURPRENANT dite SANSOUCY married 16 November 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Jerome BESSETTE