Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER

(b. 27 May 1728 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1808 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER was born 27 May 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER was the child of Louis PROVENCHER and Marie-Anne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PROVENCHER and Simone MASSÉ (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Marie-Josephte married Alexis LEBLANC 4 October 1750 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Alexis LEBLANC was born 27 June 1724 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Alexis died 20 August 1781 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Alexis was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU.

Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER died 12 March 1808 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER married

Alexis LEBLANC-- Date: 4 October 1750 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
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Alexis LEBLANC was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

Children of Alexis LEBLANC and Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER:

Joseph LEBLANC (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 December 1830, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite DAVID dite LACOURSE 15 February 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Alexis LEBLANC (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 June 1820, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite MASSÉ 25 November 1776 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
m. Marie-Françoise COMEAU 8 June 1789 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Josephte LEBLANC (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 December 1816, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles BERGERON 7 April 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Geneviève LEBLANC (b.3 November 1758, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1758, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )

Charlotte LEBLANC (b.3 January 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. 11 January 1823, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

Antoine LEBLANC (b.3 November 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. 20 February 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite-Francoise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE 24 January 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

François-Xavier LEBLANC (b.17 March 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 March 1847 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephe ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX 21 October 1793 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite LEBLANC (b.18 December 1764, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1764, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

Pierre LEBLANC (b.2 March 1772, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 May 1830, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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1728 Birth
27 May 1728
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte PROVENCHER and Alexis LEBLANC 4 October 1750, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 22 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEBLANC was born 3 November 1758, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEBLANC was born 3 January 1760, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 31 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Antoine LEBLANC was born 3 November 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 33 years old.

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 Birth of Child
François-Xavier LEBLANC was born 17 March 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 34 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC was born 18 December 1764, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 36 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 2 March 1772, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 43 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Joseph LEBLANC married 15 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marguerite DAVID dite LACOURSE

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 of Child
Alexis LEBLANC married 25 November 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marguerite MASSÉ

1777 Marriage of Child
Josephte LEBLANC married 7 April 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles BERGERON

1781 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alexis LEBLANC died 20 August 1781, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Antoine LEBLANC married 24 January 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marguerite-Francoise BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

1789 Marriage of Child
Alexis LEBLANC married 8 June 1789, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Françoise COMEAU

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier LEBLANC married 21 October 1793 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Josephe ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX

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

1808 Death
12 March 1808
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 79.

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