Joseph POLIQUIN

(b. abt. 1751 , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 October 1811 , Grondines, Lower Canada )

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Joseph POLIQUIN was born abt. 1751 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph POLIQUIN was the child of Claude POLIQUIN and Marie-Suzanne JOURDAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude POLIQUIN and Marie LABBE (maternal) Joseph JOURDAIN and Catherine-Ursule DUQUET

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Joseph married Genevieve FAFARD 4 November 1777 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . Genevieve FAFARD was born abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Genevieve died 7 April 1788 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Louis-François FAFARD and Marguerite TRUDEL.

Joseph POLIQUIN died 5 October 1811 in Grondines, 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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Genevieve FAFARD-- Date: 4 November 1777 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve FAFARD was the child of Louis-François FAFARD and Marguerite TRUDEL

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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.

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.