Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE

(b. 7 December 1726 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1796 , Beauceville, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE was born 7 December 1726 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE was the child of François GAMELIN dit LAUNIERE and Marie-Catherine DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GAMELIN and Marguerite MAUGRAS (maternal) Charles DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Marie Ursule ADAMS

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Pierre-Joseph married Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE 8 September 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE was born 7 February 1732 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 31 May 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marguerite was the child of Charles-Michel-François RENOUX and Catherine MARIN.

Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE died 17 September 1796 in Beauceville, 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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Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE married

Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE-- Date: 8 September 1749 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE was the child of Charles-Michel-François RENOUX and Catherine MARIN

Children of Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE and Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE:

Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN (b.24 April 1756, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1823, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX 1 March 1791 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1726 Birth
7 December 1726
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE and Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE 8 September 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Birth of Child
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN was born 24 April 1756, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Joseph was 29 years old.

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)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN married 1 March 1791, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX

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