Claude-Joseph COLARD

(b. 13 May 1758 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 25 July 1835 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Claude-Joseph COLARD was born 13 May 1758 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Claude-Joseph COLARD was the child of Francois COLLARD and Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Claude-Joseph married Marie-Josephe FAFARD 18 October 1779 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe FAFARD was born 3 December 1755 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Josephe died 15 December 1817 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph FAFARD and Josephte LAGUERCE.

Claude-Joseph COLARD died 25 July 1835 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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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Claude-Joseph COLARD married

Marie-Josephe FAFARD-- Date: 18 October 1779 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Josephe FAFARD was the child of Joseph FAFARD and Josephte LAGUERCE

Children of Claude-Joseph COLARD and Marie-Josephe FAFARD:

Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) (b.26 September 1782, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise GUERIN 30 April 1804 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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1758 Birth
13 May 1758
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Claude-Joseph COLARD and Marie-Josephe FAFARD 18 October 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) was born 26 September 1782, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Claude-Joseph was 24 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Joseph COLARD (COLLARD) married 30 April 1804, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Marie-Louise GUERIN

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)