Vital-Joseph BERTRAND

(b. 8 November 1748 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1807 , Oka, Lower Canada )

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Vital-Joseph BERTRAND was born 8 November 1748 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Vital-Joseph BERTRAND was the child of Jacques BERTRAND and Marie-Louise DUMOCHEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BERTRAND and Charlotte BÉRARD (maternal) Paul DUMOUCHEL and Marie-Louise TESSIER

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

Vital-Joseph married Angelique SEGUIN 7 January 1772 in Oka, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique SEGUIN was born 6 October 1755 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes). Angelique died 1 February 1818 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Angelique was the child of Louis SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Marie-Anne RISING (RAIZENNE) (SHOENTAKOUANI).

Vital-Joseph BERTRAND died 19 December 1807 in Oka, 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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Vital-Joseph BERTRAND married

Angelique SEGUIN-- Date: 7 January 1772 Place: Oka, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique SEGUIN was the child of Louis SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Marie-Anne RISING (RAIZENNE) (SHOENTAKOUANI)

Children of Vital-Joseph BERTRAND and Angelique SEGUIN:

Veronique BERTRAND (b.26 May 1790, Oka, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 July 1870, Saint-André-Est, Quebec, Canada)
m. Philibert MALLET 8 January 1816 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

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1748 Birth
8 November 1748
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Vital-Joseph BERTRAND and Angelique SEGUIN 7 January 1772, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

He was 23 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)

1790 Birth of Child
Veronique BERTRAND was born 26 May 1790, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Vital-Joseph was 41 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)