Joseph PROVENCHER

(b. 9 September 1729 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1797 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PROVENCHER was born 9 September 1729 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Joseph 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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Joseph married Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE 19 January 1754 in Québec Province, Canada . Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE was born 31 January 1731 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Angelique died 1 August 1774 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Angelique was the child of Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Marie PROVENCHER.

Joseph married (2) Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE) 30 June 1775 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE) was born abt. 1755 Isabelle Elisabeth died 14 November 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).

Joseph PROVENCHER died 12 December 1797 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

married (1): Angelique BOURBEAU-VERVILLE, (m. 19 JAN 1754, Ct - LeProust)
(2): Elisabeth COURSOLLE, (m. 30 JUN 1775, Becancour, Nicolet, QC)

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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 PROVENCHER married

Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE-- Date: 19 January 1754 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE was the child of Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Marie PROVENCHER

Children of Joseph PROVENCHER and Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE:

Joseph PROVENCHER married

Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE)-- Date: 30 June 1775 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Children of Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE):

Marguerite PROVENCHER (b.15 September 1783, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 November 1827, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Louis PICHE 16 July 1804 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1729 Birth
9 September 1729
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROVENCHER and Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE 19 January 1754, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 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.

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE died 1 August 1774, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1775 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROVENCHER and Isabelle Elisabeth COURGEOLE (COURVILLE) (COULOMBE) 30 June 1775, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 45 years old.

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.

1783 Birth of Child
Marguerite PROVENCHER was born 15 September 1783, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 54 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)

1797 Death
12 December 1797
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 68.

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