Josephte DUVAL

(b. 19 March 1738 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1823 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Josephte DUVAL was born 19 March 1738 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Josephte DUVAL was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUVAL and Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER (maternal) Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe VALLEE

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Josephte married Jean-Baptiste LECLERC 8 February 1757 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born 10 April 1732 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-Baptiste died 5 December 1810 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Francoise-Marguerite DURAND.

Josephte DUVAL died 7 August 1823 in Kamouraska, 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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Josephte DUVAL married

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC-- Date: 8 February 1757 Place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was the child of Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Francoise-Marguerite DURAND

Children of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Josephte DUVAL:

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC (b.10 September 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 September 1826, Saint-Louis de Kent, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie FRIGAULT 2 June 1790 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)
m. Madeleine THIBAULT (THEBEAU) 19 September 1796 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit)

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1738 Birth
19 March 1738
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUVAL and Jean-Baptiste LECLERC 8 February 1757, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 18 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born 10 September 1763, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC married 2 June 1790, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Marie FRIGAULT

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC married 19 September 1796, Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada (Nepisiguit) (Nipisiguit) to Madeleine THIBAULT (THEBEAU)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)