Joseph CRÉPEAU

(b. 9 January 1717 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1800 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CRÉPEAU was born 9 January 1717 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph CRÉPEAU was the child of Robert CRÉPEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEMELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice CRÉPEAU and Marguerite LAVERDURE (maternal) Jean LEMELIN dit LE TOURANGEAU and Marie-Marguerite BRASSARD

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Joseph married Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL 7 November 1746 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was born 1 October 1721 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 9 March 1791 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Anne PARADIS.

Joseph CRÉPEAU died 9 April 1800 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Joseph CRÉPEAU married

Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL-- Date: 7 November 1746 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL was the child of Pierre BOUCHARD dit DORVAL and Anne PARADIS

Children of Joseph CRÉPEAU and Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL:

Marie-Rose CRÉPEAU (b.18 April 1753, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1829, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Louis-Celestin CAMPEAU 1 June 1778 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1717 Birth
9 January 1717
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CRÉPEAU and Marguerite BOUCHARD dite DORVAL 7 November 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose CRÉPEAU was born 18 April 1753, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 36 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.

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.