Joseph LETOURNEAU

(b. 18 March 1760 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada d. 18 August 1799 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LETOURNEAU was born 18 March 1760 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada

Joseph LETOURNEAU was the child of Ignace LETOURNEAU and Marguerite COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN (maternal) Guillaume-Jean-Baptiste COUTURE and Marguerite LECLERC

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

Joseph married Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE 5 April 1785 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE was born 21 May 1762 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marguerite died 30 March 1832 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Charles DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Louise-Geneviève FRADET.

Joseph LETOURNEAU died 18 August 1799 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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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Joseph LETOURNEAU married

Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE-- Date: 5 April 1785 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE was the child of Charles DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Louise-Geneviève FRADET

Children of Joseph LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE:

Elisabeth LETOURNEAU (b.25 November 1797, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. March 1826, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Jacques BLAIS 15 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1760 Birth
18 March 1760
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada

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.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LETOURNEAU and Marguerite DENIS dite LAPIERRE 5 April 1785, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LETOURNEAU was born 25 November 1797, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 37 years old.