Joseph Charles LEJEUNE

(b. abt. 1730 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1811 , Petite Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada )
Age: 81

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Joseph Charles LEJEUNE was born abt. 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph Charles LEJEUNE was the child of Germain LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Anne Marie TRAHAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Marie THIBODEAU (maternal) Alexandre TRAHAN and Marie PELLERIN

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

Joseph Charles married Martine ROY 5 November 1754 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Martine ROY was born abt. 1738 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia). Martine died abt. 1811 Martine was the child of Charles ROY and Marie Charlotte CHAUVET.

Joseph Charles LEJEUNE died abt. 1811 in Petite Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Joseph Charles LEJEUNE married

Martine ROY-- Date: 5 November 1754 Place: Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie
Martine ROY was the child of Charles ROY and Marie Charlotte CHAUVET

Children of Joseph Charles LEJEUNE and Martine ROY:

Marthe LEJEUNE (b.9 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France d. abt. 1795, Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Francis FORTUNE

Joseph Charles LEJEUNE (b.22 December 1766, Miquelon, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada d. abt. 1811, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Agatha LEJEUNE 1789 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Radegonde Elizabeth LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1770, Little Bras D'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia d. 8 April 1871, )
m. Joseph Christopher LEJEUNE dit BRIARD 20 July 1793 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Francois LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1772, Petite Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada d. March 28, 1838, Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Marguerite BRIARD 17 September 1793 in , Nova Scotia, Canada

Gabriel LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1775, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 March 1838, Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Sarah RYLEY (RILEY) 1800 in , Nova Scotia, Canada

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Charles LEJEUNE and Martine ROY 5 November 1754, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island)

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 Birth of Child
Marthe LEJEUNE was born 9 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph Charles LEJEUNE was born 22 December 1766, Miquelon, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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.