Joseph PARADIS

(b. 17 March 1753 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1828 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PARADIS was born 17 March 1753 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph PARADIS was the child of Paul PARADIS and Marie-Josephe ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PARADIS and Geneviève COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Marie-Genevieve PETITCLERC

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Joseph married Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX 8 November 1784 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was born 9 December 1762 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 26 May 1835 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon). Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Louise CROTEAU.

Joseph PARADIS died 1 April 1828 in Saint-Henri, 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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Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX-- Date: 8 November 1784 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Pierre HOUDE and Marie-Louise CROTEAU

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1753 Birth
17 March 1753
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PARADIS and Marie-Josephe HOUDE dite DESRUISSEAUX 8 November 1784, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 31 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)

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)