Louis-Joseph PLEAU

(b. 29 April 1726 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1792 , Donnacona, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Joseph PLEAU was born 29 April 1726 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Louis-Joseph PLEAU was the child of Ignace PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine GODIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Simon PLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Jeanne CONSTANTINEAU (maternal) Charles GODIN and Madeleine PERRON dite SUIRE

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

Louis-Joseph married Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE 20 February 1748 in Donnacona, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE was born 8 April 1727 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Madeleine died 4 August 1807 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Guillaume LEFEBVRE and Marie-Angélique RICHARD.

Louis-Joseph PLEAU died 30 May 1792 in Donnacona, Lower Canada .
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Louis-Joseph PLEAU married

Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE-- Date: 20 February 1748 Place: Donnacona, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE was the child of Guillaume LEFEBVRE and Marie-Angélique RICHARD

Children of Louis-Joseph PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE:

Jean-Baptiste PLEAU (b.14 March 1757, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 1 February 1827, Donnacona, Lower Canada )
m. Rosalie-Angelique GODIN 24 November 1783 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1726 Birth
29 April 1726
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph PLEAU and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE 20 February 1748, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

He was 21 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLEAU was born 14 March 1757, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Louis-Joseph was 30 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PLEAU married 24 November 1783, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Rosalie-Angelique GODIN

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