Josephte LAJEUNESSE

(b. 11 July 1735 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 24 January 1804 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Josephte LAJEUNESSE was born 11 July 1735 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Josephte LAJEUNESSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Josephte HAREL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Madeline CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-François HAREL and Marie-Madeleine BRUNET

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Josephte married Vincent BRICAULT 17 January 1757 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vincent BRICAULT was born 13 December 1728 in Le Gouray, Côte-d'Armor, France. Vincent died 10 September 1763 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Josephte LAJEUNESSE died 24 January 1804 in Montréal, 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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Josephte LAJEUNESSE married

Vincent BRICAULT-- Date: 17 January 1757 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France

Children of Vincent BRICAULT and Josephte LAJEUNESSE:

Marie-Françoise VINCENT dite BRICAULT (b.15 December 1759, Longueuil, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Michel SENÉCAL 14 August 1780 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1735 Birth
11 July 1735
Longueuil, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LAJEUNESSE and Vincent BRICAULT 17 January 1757, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 21 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise VINCENT dite BRICAULT was born 15 December 1759, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Josephte was 24 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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Vincent BRICAULT died 10 September 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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
Marie-Françoise VINCENT dite BRICAULT married 14 August 1780, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Michel SENÉCAL

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)

1804 Death
24 January 1804
Montréal, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 68.