Joseph ROUSSEAU

(b. 17 January 1750 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1817 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )

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Joseph ROUSSEAU was born 17 January 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Joseph ROUSSEAU was the child of Augustin ROUSSEAU and Marie-Madeleine ISABEL (ISABELLE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Catherine ROULEAU (maternal) Louis ISABEL (ISABELLE) and Marie-Barbe PROULX

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Joseph married Madeleine POULIOT 1 June 1778 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine POULIOT was born 1 May 1756 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 11 February 1826 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Madeleine was the child of François POULIOT (POUILLOT) and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT.

Joseph ROUSSEAU died 2 December 1817 in L'Isle-Verte, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph ROUSSEAU married

Madeleine POULIOT-- Date: 1 June 1778 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine POULIOT was the child of François POULIOT (POUILLOT) and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT

Children of Joseph ROUSSEAU and Madeleine POULIOT:

Jean Baptiste "John" ROUSSEAU "BROOKS" (b.29 July 1791, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 5 August 1864, Old Town, Maine, USA)
m. Marie-Petronille GODBOUT 24 November 1817 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1750 Birth
17 January 1750
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROUSSEAU and Madeleine POULIOT 1 June 1778, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He 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

1791 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste "John" ROUSSEAU "BROOKS" was born 29 July 1791, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Joseph was 41 years old.

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

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