Marie-Josephe DUBOIS

(b. 26 October 1760 , Varennes, Canada d. 1 April 1827 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe DUBOIS was born 26 October 1760 in Varennes, Canada

Marie-Josephe DUBOIS was the child of Joseph DUBOIS and Monique CHOQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne-Joseph DUBOIS dit ST-AGNAN and Marie-Louise DOUAULT (maternal) Jacques CHOQUET dit CHAMPAGNE and Elizabeth PETIT dite LALUMIÈRE

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

Marie-Josephe married Louis LACOSTE 23 July 1787 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LACOSTE was born 1 December 1763 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis was the child of Louis LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC and Elisabeth-Isabelle LOISEAU.

Marie-Josephe DUBOIS died 1 April 1827 in Boucherville, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Josephe DUBOIS married

Louis LACOSTE-- Date: 23 July 1787 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis LACOSTE was the child of Louis LACOSTE dit LANGUEDOC and Elisabeth-Isabelle LOISEAU

Children of Louis LACOSTE and Marie-Josephe DUBOIS:

Josephte LACOSTE (b.2 August 1788, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1834, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. François RACICOT 18 November 1805 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1760 Birth
26 October 1760
Varennes, 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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUBOIS and Louis LACOSTE 23 July 1787, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 26 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Josephte LACOSTE was born 2 August 1788, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Josephe was 27 years old.

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

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

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Josephte LACOSTE married 18 November 1805, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to François RACICOT

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)