Joseph DOUCET

(b. abt. 1734 , Acadia, Canada d. 9 March 1798 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

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Joseph DOUCET was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada

Joseph DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET and Françoise DUGAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) René Pierre DOUCET and Marie Anne BROUSSARD (BROSARD) (maternal) Claude DUGAS and Jeanne BOURG

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Joseph married Anne MELANSON 16 January 1752 in Port Royal, Acadia . Anne MELANSON was born 24 October 1718 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Anne died 25 June 1769 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Anne was the child of Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER.

Joseph DOUCET died 9 March 1798 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .

m. Girardeau Marie
m. Melanson Anne
m. Thibault Anne

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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 DOUCET married

Anne MELANSON-- Date: 16 January 1752 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne MELANSON was the child of Pierre MELANSON and Anne GRANGER

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1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DOUCET and Anne MELANSON 16 January 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne MELANSON died 25 June 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.