Joseph PELLETIER

(b. 10 June 1731 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1812 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PELLETIER was born 10 June 1731 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Ursule ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PELLETIER and Marie-Thérèse OUELLET (maternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT

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

Joseph married Catherine LEMIEUX 14 November 1763 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine LEMIEUX was born 29 November 1737 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 2 September 1795 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Augustin LEMIEUX and Marie-Catherine BRISSON.

Joseph PELLETIER died 22 March 1812 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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 PELLETIER married

Catherine LEMIEUX-- Date: 14 November 1763 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine LEMIEUX was the child of Augustin LEMIEUX and Marie-Catherine BRISSON

Children of Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine LEMIEUX:

Marie-Angélique PELLETIER (b.25 January 1766, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 December 1853, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East)
m. Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE 18 October 1790 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1731 Birth
10 June 1731
La Pocatière, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine LEMIEUX 14 November 1763, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique PELLETIER was born 25 January 1766, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 34 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.