Marie-Josephte PROULX

(b. 19 June 1748 , Oka, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1810 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte PROULX was born 19 June 1748 in Oka, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte PROULX was the child of Thomas PROULX and Josephte LAROCQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques PROULX dit LEPOITEVIN and Jeanne PILON (maternal) Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

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Marie-Josephte married Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR 7 July 1766 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 30 September 1742 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Antoine-Amable died 7 February 1806 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Antoine-Amable was the child of Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe LAUZON.

Marie-Josephte PROULX died 2 April 1810 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Marie-Josephte PROULX married

Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR-- Date: 7 July 1766 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was the child of Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe LAUZON

Children of Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte PROULX:

Marie-Anne BIROLEAU (b.16 September 1771, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 July 1796, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste HAMELIN 22 June 1790 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR (b.7 September 1773, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU 23 April 1792 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
19 June 1748
Oka, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte PROULX and Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR 7 July 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 18 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BIROLEAU was born 16 September 1771, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 7 September 1773, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 25 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.