Joseph FILTEAU

(b. abt. 1716 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 March 1791 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph FILTEAU was born abt. 1716 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph FILTEAU was the child of Pierre FILTEAU and Marie-Madeleine ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FILTEAU (FEUILLETEAU) and Gillette SAVARD (maternal) Nicolas ROY and Marie-Madelaine LEBLONDE

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Joseph married Josephte BIGOT 18 January 1740 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte BIGOT was born 10 March 1720 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Josephte was the child of François BIGOT and Marie-Anne PERROT (PERRAULT).

Joseph FILTEAU died 22 March 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 FILTEAU married

Josephte BIGOT-- Date: 18 January 1740 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Josephte BIGOT was the child of François BIGOT and Marie-Anne PERROT (PERRAULT)

Children of Joseph FILTEAU and Josephte BIGOT:

Ursule FILTEAU (b.27 July 1744, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 18 September 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR 17 January 1763 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Agathe FILTEAU (b.abt. 1753, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 8 May 1823, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD 26 May 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FILTEAU and Josephte BIGOT 18 January 1740, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1744 Birth of Child
Ursule FILTEAU was born 27 July 1744, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Ursule FILTEAU married 17 January 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Étienne DUMONT dit LAFLEUR

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Agathe FILTEAU married 26 May 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)