Basile PROULX

(b. abt. 1726 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 January 1820 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Basile PROULX was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada

Basile 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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Basile married Marie-Felicite GAGNE 21 January 1759 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Felicite GAGNE was born 1 March 1740 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Felicite died 13 August 1820 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Felicite was the child of Barnabe GAGNÉ and Angélique TRUDEL.

Basile PROULX died 2 January 1820 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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Basile PROULX married

Marie-Felicite GAGNE-- Date: 21 January 1759 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Felicite GAGNE was the child of Barnabe GAGNÉ and Angélique TRUDEL

Children of Basile PROULX and Marie-Felicite GAGNE:

Felicite PROULX (b.23 November 1759, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1795, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine CARON 3 February 1783 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Basile PROULX and Marie-Felicite GAGNE 21 January 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1759 Birth of Child
Felicite PROULX was born 23 November 1759, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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.

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.