Roch-Sylvain BOIS

(b. 16 August 1748 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1822 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada )

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Roch-Sylvain BOIS was born 16 August 1748 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Roch-Sylvain BOIS was the child of Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOIS and Anne SOUCY (maternal) Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Angélique THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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

Roch-Sylvain married Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE 19 November 1770 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 24 October 1832 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Geneviève MIGNAULT.

Roch-Sylvain BOIS died 16 July 1822 in La Malbaie, 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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Roch-Sylvain BOIS married

Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE-- Date: 19 November 1770 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE was the child of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Geneviève MIGNAULT

Children of Roch-Sylvain BOIS and Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE:

Joseph BOIS (b.11 September 1771, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Catherine CARON 26 September 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
16 August 1748
La Pocatière, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Roch-Sylvain BOIS and Marie-Josephte PINEL dite LAFRANCE 19 November 1770, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 22 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Joseph BOIS was born 11 September 1771, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Roch-Sylvain was 23 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.