Josephte DAGENAIS

(b. 15 February 1742 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 October 1808 , Laval, Lower Canada )

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Josephte DAGENAIS was born 15 February 1742 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Josephte DAGENAIS was the child of Francois DAGENAIS and Charlotte VANIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DAGENAIS and Marie DROUET dite GRANDMAISON (maternal) Jean VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Charlotte CHAMARD

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

Josephte married Louis SUREAU 27 September 1761 in Laval, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis SUREAU was born abt. 1737 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Louis died 4 July 1832 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada.

Josephte DAGENAIS died 5 October 1808 in Laval, 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 DAGENAIS married

Louis SUREAU-- Date: 27 September 1761 Place: Laval, Canada

Children of Louis SUREAU and Josephte DAGENAIS:

Francoise SUREAU (b.19 March 1775, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1841, Vaudreuil, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Amable BRUNET 19 February 1798 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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1742 Birth
15 February 1742
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DAGENAIS and Louis SUREAU 27 September 1761, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 19 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 Birth of Child
Francoise SUREAU was born 19 March 1775, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Josephte was 33 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.

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Francoise SUREAU married 19 February 1798, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Joseph-Amable BRUNET

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