Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST)

(b. 27 August 1752 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 28 November 1804 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) was born 27 August 1752 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) was the child of Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie VINCELET dite LABOSSIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PROVOST and Marguerite BOURDON (maternal) Nicolas VINCELET dit LABOSSIERE and Geneviève GAREAU dite ST-ONGE

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

Joseph married Josephte HEBERT 31 July 1775 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte HEBERT was born 31 December 1754 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Josephte died 24 May 1841 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Josephte was the child of Antoine HEBERT and Marie-Anne ROBERT.

Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) died 28 November 1804 in Boucherville, 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 PROVOST (PREVOST) married

Josephte HEBERT-- Date: 31 July 1775 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte HEBERT was the child of Antoine HEBERT and Marie-Anne ROBERT

Children of Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) and Josephte HEBERT:

Josephte PROVOST (PREVOST) (b.7 October 1779, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 August 1859, Boucherville, Canada East )
m. Toussaint AUBERTIN 2 February 1801 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1752 Birth
27 August 1752
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROVOST (PREVOST) and Josephte HEBERT 31 July 1775, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 years old.

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.

1779 Birth of Child
Josephte PROVOST (PREVOST) was born 7 October 1779, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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
Josephte PROVOST (PREVOST) married 2 February 1801, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Toussaint AUBERTIN