Joseph METHOT

(b. 15 February 1746 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1815 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Joseph METHOT was born 15 February 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph METHOT was the child of Joseph METHOT and Josephte PICORON dite DESCOTEAUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph METHOT and Helene-Marie NORMAND (maternal) Henri PICORON dit DESCOTEAUX and Marguerite MARTIN

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise CHARTRE 6 November 1769 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was born 26 August 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 15 May 1834 in Perce, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jacques-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise RANCIN.

Joseph METHOT died 9 January 1815 in Trois-Rivières, 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 METHOT married

Marie-Louise CHARTRE-- Date: 6 November 1769 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was the child of Jacques-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise RANCIN

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Children of Joseph METHOT and Marie-Louise CHARTRE:

Marie-Anne METHOT (b.22 November 1773, L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 October 1815, Bonaventure, Lower Canada )
m. Abraham BEAUDIN 17 September 1793

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1746 Birth
15 February 1746
Québec, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Joseph METHOT and Marie-Louise CHARTRE 6 November 1769, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne METHOT was born 22 November 1773, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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.