Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

(b. 30 May 1750 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 12 January 1824 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU was born 30 May 1750 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISSONNEAU and Marie-Josephte DEMEULES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOISSONNEAU and Marguerite-Catherine CHORET (maternal) Joseph DEMEULES and Catherine DUBEAU

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

Joseph-Marie married Madeleine BLOUIN 3 October 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BLOUIN was born 8 August 1765 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Charles BLOUIN and Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU died 12 January 1824 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU married

Madeleine BLOUIN-- Date: 3 October 1785 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine BLOUIN was the child of Charles BLOUIN and Madeleine TREMBLAY

Children of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN:

Suzanne BOISSONNEAU (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean BOUCHER 24 October 1826 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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1750 Birth
30 May 1750
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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 - 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN 3 October 1785, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 35 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