Joseph LEROUX

(b. abt. 1746 , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 August 1820 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph LEROUX was born abt. 1746 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph LEROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Angelique-Elisabeth LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Louise CHAUSSE dite LAUZET (maternal) Léonard LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne BEAUDRY

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

Joseph married Geneviève VALADE 10 February 1766 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève VALADE was born 16 July 1746 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Geneviève died 19 September 1827 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Geneviève was the child of Charles VALADE and Geneviève-Anne PILON.

Joseph LEROUX died 9 August 1820 in Québec Province, 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 LEROUX married

Geneviève VALADE-- Date: 10 February 1766 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève VALADE was the child of Charles VALADE and Geneviève-Anne PILON

Children of Joseph LEROUX and Geneviève VALADE:

Geneviève LEROUX (b.22 November 1770, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Andre DENEAU (DENIAU) 26 January 1801 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEROUX and Geneviève VALADE 10 February 1766, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

1770 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEROUX was born 22 November 1770, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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

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

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LEROUX married 26 January 1801, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Andre DENEAU (DENIAU)

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.