Josephte DUCHESNE

(b. 11 December 1749 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 18 September 1815 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Josephte DUCHESNE was born 11 December 1749 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Josephte DUCHESNE was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Elisabeth PETIT (maternal) Francois-Xavier THIBAULT and Madeleine POULIN

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Josephte married Joseph POULIN 6 August 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph POULIN was born 23 January 1754 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 1 May 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph was the child of Joseph POULIN and Thérèse POULIN.

Josephte DUCHESNE died 18 September 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Josephte DUCHESNE married

Joseph POULIN-- Date: 6 August 1782 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph POULIN was the child of Joseph POULIN and Thérèse POULIN

Children of Joseph POULIN and Josephte DUCHESNE:

Olivier POULIN (b.30 April 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 October 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite LAFOREST 13 August 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1749 Birth
11 December 1749
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DUCHESNE and Joseph POULIN 6 August 1782, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Olivier POULIN was born 30 April 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josephte was 37 years old.

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)

1811 Marriage of Child
Olivier POULIN married 13 August 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Felicite LAFOREST