Joseph DUCHESNE

(b. 5 October 1778 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 August 1856 , Les Éboulements, Canada East )

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Joseph DUCHESNE was born 5 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DUCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE and Francoise FILION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Anne COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal) Jean FILION and Marie-Anne BOLDUC

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

Joseph married Madeleine TREMBLAY 11 September 1804 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 26 February 1787 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine died 4 May 1873 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Victoire SAVARD.

Joseph DUCHESNE died 5 August 1856 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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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 DUCHESNE married

Madeleine TREMBLAY-- Date: 11 September 1804 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Madeleine TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Victoire SAVARD

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Children of Joseph DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY:

Marguerite DUCHESNE (b.3 August 1805, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Monique DUCHESNE (b.1 May 1808, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis GAUTHIER 16 January 1827 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine DUCHESNE (b.29 September 1813, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1875, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )
m. Germain TREMBLAY 17 November 1840 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas DUCHESNE (b.29 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

Adelaide DUCHESNE (b.19 October 1818, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Denis TREMBLAY 9 February 1836 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Hermine DUCHESNE (b.28 February 1820, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Noel TREMBLAY 9 February 1836 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Josephte DUCHESNE (b.11 August 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 21 April 1897, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada)

Denis DUCHESNE (b.18 September 1825, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1778 Birth
5 October 1778
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Joseph DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY 11 September 1804, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 25 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUCHESNE was born 3 August 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Marie-Monique DUCHESNE was born 1 May 1808, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Madeleine DUCHESNE was born 29 September 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

1817 Birth of Child
Thomas DUCHESNE was born 29 December 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Adelaide DUCHESNE was born 19 October 1818, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Hermine DUCHESNE was born 28 February 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Josephte DUCHESNE was born 11 August 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Denis DUCHESNE was born 18 September 1825, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 46 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Marie-Monique DUCHESNE married 16 January 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Louis GAUTHIER

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage of Child
Adelaide DUCHESNE married 9 February 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Denis TREMBLAY

1836 Marriage of Child
Hermine DUCHESNE married 9 February 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Noel TREMBLAY

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DUCHESNE married 17 November 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Germain TREMBLAY

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.