Marie-Joseph MASSE

(b. 23 August 1760 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada d. 1 August 1798 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Joseph MASSE was born 23 August 1760 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

Marie-Joseph MASSE was the child of Francois MASSE and Marthe PARADIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume PARADIS and Jeanne HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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

Marie-Joseph married Noel-Gregoire DUBE 23 January 1776 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Noel-Gregoire DUBE was born 25 November 1751 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Noel-Gregoire died 8 August 1827 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Noel-Gregoire was the child of Jean-Francois DUBE and Marie-Angelique COTE.

Marie-Joseph MASSE died 1 August 1798 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Marie-Joseph MASSE married

Noel-Gregoire DUBE-- Date: 23 January 1776 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Noel-Gregoire DUBE was the child of Jean-Francois DUBE and Marie-Angelique COTE

Children of Noel-Gregoire DUBE and Marie-Joseph MASSE:

Josephte DUBE (b.28 February 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 April 1857, Sainte-Luce, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Jean-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 23 June 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Francois-Xavier DUBE (b.8 July 1787, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1838, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Veronique BONENFANT 4 August 1812 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1760 Birth
23 August 1760
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Joseph MASSE and Noel-Gregoire DUBE 23 January 1776, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 15 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Josephte DUBE was born 28 February 1778, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Joseph was 17 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier DUBE was born 8 July 1787, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Joseph was 26 years old.

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

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