Joseph-Lucien DROLET

(b. 15 December 1727 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1806 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Lucien DROLET was born 15 December 1727 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Joseph-Lucien DROLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Josephte-Catherine VERRET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DROLET and Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER) (maternal) Joseph VERRET dit LAVERDURE and Louise RENAUD

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Joseph-Lucien married Angélique MOISAN 14 January 1765 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique MOISAN was born 23 March 1741 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Angélique died 29 July 1820 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Angélique was the child of Pierre-Etienne MOISAN and Madeleine MATHIEU.

Joseph-Lucien DROLET died 15 April 1806 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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-Lucien DROLET married

Angélique MOISAN-- Date: 14 January 1765 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique MOISAN was the child of Pierre-Etienne MOISAN and Madeleine MATHIEU

Children of Joseph-Lucien DROLET and Angélique MOISAN:

Joseph DROLET (b.19 March 1767, L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1818, L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. Marie ROBITAILLE 29 January 1798 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1727 Birth
15 December 1727
L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Lucien DROLET and Angélique MOISAN 14 January 1765, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 37 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Joseph DROLET was born 19 March 1767, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Joseph-Lucien was 39 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.

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Joseph DROLET married 29 January 1798, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Marie ROBITAILLE

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