Joseph BRUN

(b. 2 March 1753 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 9 June 1819 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BRUN was born 2 March 1753 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph BRUN was the child of Joseph BRUN and Françoise COMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham BRUN and Anne PELLERIN (maternal) Abraham COMEAU and Marguerite PITRE

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Joseph married Marie Anne DUPUIS 5 February 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Anne DUPUIS was born abt. 1761 Marie Anne died 24 November 1834 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie Anne was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).

Joseph BRUN died 9 June 1819 in L'Acadie, 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 BRUN married

Marie Anne DUPUIS-- Date: 5 February 1781 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie Anne DUPUIS was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Children of Joseph BRUN and Marie Anne DUPUIS:

Marie-Rosalie BRUN (b.12 February 1782, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 December 1849, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Louis CLOUET (CLOUETTE) 2 July 1804 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Rene-Hyppolite BRUN (b.12 August 1795, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Marguerite CHARLAND 11 January 1825 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1753 Birth
2 March 1753
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRUN and Marie Anne DUPUIS 5 February 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie BRUN was born 12 February 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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)

1795 Birth of Child
Rene-Hyppolite BRUN was born 12 August 1795, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rosalie BRUN married 2 July 1804, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Louis CLOUET (CLOUETTE)

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.