Joseph LETOURNEAU

(b. 16 August 1726 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 August 1807 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LETOURNEAU was born 16 August 1726 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph LETOURNEAU was the child of Jean LÉTOURNEAU and Marguerite CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) David LÉTOURNEAU and Françoise CHAPELAIN (maternal) Robert CARON and Marguerite CLOUTIER

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

Joseph married Madeleine MONTIGNY 14 February 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine MONTIGNY was born 14 February 1731 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 2 April 1807 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Madeleine was the child of Pierre-Michel MONTIGNY and Madeleine FERLAND.

Joseph LETOURNEAU died 17 August 1807 in L'Acadie, 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

Madeleine MONTIGNY-- Date: 14 February 1752 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Madeleine MONTIGNY was the child of Pierre-Michel MONTIGNY and Madeleine FERLAND

Children of Joseph LETOURNEAU and Madeleine MONTIGNY:

François LETOURNEAU (b.22 May 1754, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine ARCHAMBAULT 27 November 1780 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1726 Birth
16 August 1726
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LETOURNEAU and Madeleine MONTIGNY 14 February 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
François LETOURNEAU was born 22 May 1754, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 27 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
François LETOURNEAU married 27 November 1780, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Catherine ARCHAMBAULT

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

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

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