Marie-Josephte DUFAULT

(b. 1 October 1742 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 1 June 1801 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte DUFAULT was born 1 October 1742 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte DUFAULT was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Marie-Louise-Angelique LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis DUFAULT and Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA) (maternal) Pierre LUSSIER and Marguerite VIAU

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

Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste VIENS 17 April 1769 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste VIENS was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 21 March 1789 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VIENS and Charlotte LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE.

Marie-Josephte DUFAULT died 1 June 1801 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Marie-Josephte DUFAULT married

Jean-Baptiste VIENS-- Date: 17 April 1769 Place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste VIENS was the child of Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VIENS and Charlotte LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE

Children of Jean-Baptiste VIENS and Marie-Josephte DUFAULT:

Jean-Baptiste VIENS (b.15 December 1771, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte-Angelique STEBENNE 16 August 1802

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1742 Birth
1 October 1742
Longueuil, Canada, New France

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

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DUFAULT and Jean-Baptiste VIENS 17 April 1769, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 26 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VIENS was born 15 December 1771, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Josephte was 29 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.