Joseph VEZINA

(b. 27 August 1753 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 January 1833 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph VEZINA was born 27 August 1753 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph VEZINA was the child of Louis VEZINA and Marie-Marguerite GRENIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre VEZINA and Elisabeth-Isabelle MATHIEU (maternal) Joseph GRENIER and Marguerite CHRETIEN

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

Joseph married Marie-Josephte BRISSON 27 February 1786 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte BRISSON was born 2 February 1761 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Josephte died 18 September 1816 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Mathurin BRISSON and Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME.

Joseph VEZINA died 10 January 1833 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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 VEZINA married

Marie-Josephte BRISSON-- Date: 27 February 1786 Place: Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte BRISSON was the child of Mathurin BRISSON and Marie-Josephte JANSON dite LAPALME

Children of Joseph VEZINA and Marie-Josephte BRISSON:

Marie-Josephte VEZINA (b.9 June 1798, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre-Alexis ETHIER 30 January 1815 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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1753 Birth
27 August 1753
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VEZINA and Marie-Josephte BRISSON 27 February 1786, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

He was 32 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte VEZINA was born 9 June 1798, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 44 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte VEZINA married 30 January 1815, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Alexis ETHIER