flag male ancestor  Joseph  DOUCET

  (b. 6 December 1797 Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada   d. 20 March 1871 Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Joseph DOUCET was born 6 December 1797 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph DOUCET was the child of Joseph DOUCET   and   Marie DUGAS dite AUBASQUE

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Joseph  married  Marie Magdeleine Ursule MELANSON abt. 1820 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Magdeleine Ursule MELANSON  was born 20 October 1803 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook). 

Joseph DOUCET died 20 March 1871 in Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Joseph DOUCET married flag female ancestor Marie Magdeleine Ursule MELANSON-- Date: abt. 1820 Place: Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada


Children of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Magdeleine Ursule MELANSON:

flag female ancestor Monique Angele DOUCETT (b.8 October 1835, New Edinburgh, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada  d. 14 December 1912, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Leon Antoine COMEAU 13 January 1857



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birth1797 Birth
6 December 1797
Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1835 Birth of Child
Monique Angele DOUCETT was born 8 October 1835, New Edinburgh, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph was 37 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1871 Death
20 March 1871
Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

He died at the age of 73.
Added: 11/9/2025 12:21:37 PM - Updated: 12/14/2025 6:21:13 PM

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