Joseph CHRÉTIEN

(b. 5 May 1750 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1821 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CHRÉTIEN was born 5 May 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Joseph CHRÉTIEN was the child of Jean-François CHRÉTIEN and Marie Anne DENOYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques CHRÉTIEN dit VINCENT and Marie-Josephte BAUDON dite LARIVIÈRE (maternal) Jacques DENOYON (DESNOYERS) and Abigail Margaret STEBBENS

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

Joseph married Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL 5 February 1776 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL was born 5 October 1753 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Therese died 1 March 1818 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Therese was the child of Louis NORMANDIN dit BEAUSOLEIL and Veronique MEUNIER.

Joseph CHRÉTIEN died 17 September 1821 in Boucherville, 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 CHRÉTIEN married

Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL-- Date: 5 February 1776 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Louis NORMANDIN dit BEAUSOLEIL and Veronique MEUNIER

Children of Joseph CHRÉTIEN and Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL:

Therese CHRÉTIEN (b.4 April 1779, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BACHAND 11 November 1799 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1750 Birth
5 May 1750
Trois-Rivières, 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CHRÉTIEN and Therese NORMANDIN dite BEAUSOLEIL 5 February 1776, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 25 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Therese CHRÉTIEN was born 4 April 1779, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Therese CHRÉTIEN married 11 November 1799, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Joseph BACHAND

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

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.