Josephte LAFONTAINE

(b. 19 October 1738 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1770 , Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephte LAFONTAINE was born 19 October 1738 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Josephte LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-François LAFONTAINE and Marguerite LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François FONTAINE and Catherine HARDY (maternal) Innocent LAROCHE and Marie ARBOUR (HARBOUR)

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Josephte married Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS 21 January 1754 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS was born 24 June 1728 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Jean-François died 16 October 1797 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Jean-François was the child of Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS and Anne-Felicite GAUVIN.

Josephte LAFONTAINE died 1 April 1770 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, 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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Josephte LAFONTAINE married

Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS-- Date: 21 January 1754 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
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Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS was the child of Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS and Anne-Felicite GAUVIN

Children of Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS and Josephte LAFONTAINE:

Marie-Josephte JEAN dite DENIS (b.16 December 1754, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1808, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Paul NAULT 25 January 1773 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Jean-Baptiste DENIS dit JEAN (b.6 September 1764, Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Françoise POTVIN (ARPIN) 5 June 1787 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1738 Birth
19 October 1738
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LAFONTAINE and Jean-François JEAN dit DENIS 21 January 1754, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

She was 15 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte JEAN dite DENIS was born 16 December 1754, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Josephte was 16 years old.

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
Jean-Baptiste DENIS dit JEAN was born 6 September 1764, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Josephte was 25 years old.