François PROULX

(b. 3 March 1734 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1811 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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François PROULX was born 3 March 1734 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

François PROULX was the child of Thomas PROULX and Marie-Catherine CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PROULX and Jacquette FOURNIER (maternal) Joseph CARON and Elisabeth BERNIER

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François married Modeste POIRIER 5 March 1764 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Modeste POIRIER was born 21 November 1744 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Modeste died 7 October 1801 Modeste was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE.

François PROULX died 9 May 1811 in Montmagny, 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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François PROULX married

Modeste POIRIER-- Date: 5 March 1764 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Modeste POIRIER was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE

Children of François PROULX and Modeste POIRIER:

Jacques PROULX (b.28 January 1767, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 March 1855, Montmagny, Canada East )
m. Josephte NORMAND 22 January 1793 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Elisabeth PROULX (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste HAINS 10 November 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1734 Birth
3 March 1734
Montmagny, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
François PROULX and Modeste POIRIER 5 March 1764, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 30 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jacques PROULX was born 28 January 1767, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

François was 32 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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Jacques PROULX married 22 January 1793, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Josephte NORMAND

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth PROULX married 10 November 1806, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jean-Baptiste HAINS