Joseph TOUGAS

(b. 14 March 1743 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1793 , Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Territory )

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Joseph TOUGAS was born 14 March 1743 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph TOUGAS was the child of Guillaume TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Anne QUINTAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie BRAZEAU (maternal) Francois QUINTAL and Marie GUERTIN

Joseph had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Joseph married Jeanne Marie CARDINAL abt. 1774 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne Marie CARDINAL was born 17 March 1756 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, USA. Jeanne Marie died 24 July 1822 in Old Rochester, Wabash, Illinois, USA. Jeanne Marie was the child of Jean Baptiste CARDINAL and Marie Anne MALLET.

Joseph TOUGAS died 11 December 1793 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Territory.
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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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Jeanne Marie CARDINAL-- Date: abt. 1774 Place:
Jeanne Marie CARDINAL was the child of Jean Baptiste CARDINAL and Marie Anne MALLET

Children of Joseph TOUGAS and Jeanne Marie CARDINAL:

Joseph TOUGAS (b.18 October 1774, d. 7 November 1811, Prophetstown, Indiana Territory)

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1743 Birth
14 March 1743
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

Revolutionary War
TOUGAS, JOSEPH
Ancestor #: A115191
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 3-15-1743 BOUCHERVILLE CANADA
Death: 12-11-1793 POST VINCENNES NORTHWEST TERRITORY
Service Source: JAMES, IL HIST COLLS, VOL 8. GEO ROGERS CLARK PAPERS, P 56
Service Description: 1) SIGNER OF VINCENNES OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778

RESIDENCE
1) State: CANADA
2) City: POST VINCENNES - County: ILLINOIS CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
JEANNE MARIE CARDINAL
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