Marie-Josette PROULX

(b. 15 May 1743 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1814 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josette PROULX was born 15 May 1743 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marie-Josette PROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Marie-Claire-Francoise JOLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Louise ROUSSEAU (maternal) Vital JOLY and Marie JINCHEREAU

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

Marie-Josette married Guillaume ROSS 9 January 1764 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Guillaume ROSS was born abt. 1734 in Scotland (United Kingdom). Guillaume died 7 November 1808 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).

Marie-Josette PROULX died 26 June 1814 in Rimouski, 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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Marie-Josette PROULX married

Guillaume ROSS-- Date: 9 January 1764 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Guillaume ROSS and Marie-Josette PROULX:

Guillaume ROSS (b.19 February 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte BOUCHER 6 September 1792 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Hector ROSS (b.9 June 1768, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1849, Sainte-Luce, Canada East )
m. Marie BOUILLON 3 February 1801 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1743 Birth
15 May 1743
Montmagny, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josette PROULX and Guillaume ROSS 9 January 1764, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 20 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Guillaume ROSS was born 19 February 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Josette was 21 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Hector ROSS was born 9 June 1768, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Josette was 25 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.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Guillaume ROSS married 6 September 1792, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Josephte BOUCHER

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

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Hector ROSS married 3 February 1801, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Marie BOUILLON