Joseph DUSSAULT

(b. 7 July 1759 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1846 , Bernierville, Quebec, Canada )

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Joseph DUSSAULT was born 7 July 1759 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Joseph DUSSAULT was the child of Jean-François DUSSAULT and Josephte DEMERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois DUSSAULT and Marie-Louise BERGERON (maternal) Pierre DEMERS and Françoise HOUDE

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST) 13 August 1787 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST) was born 3 March 1768 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph-Gaspard CHORET and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER).

Joseph DUSSAULT died 4 April 1846 in Bernierville, Quebec, 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 DUSSAULT married

Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST)-- Date: 13 August 1787 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST) was the child of Joseph-Gaspard CHORET and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Joseph DUSSAULT and Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST):

Josephte DUSSAULT (b.20 November 1792, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Gaspard BEDARD 22 February 1813 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

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1759 Birth
7 July 1759
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUSSAULT and Marie-Louise CHORET (CHAREST) 13 August 1787, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Birth of Child
Josephte DUSSAULT was born 20 November 1792, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 33 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage of Child
Josephte DUSSAULT married 22 February 1813, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada to Louis-Gaspard BEDARD

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

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)