Joseph VIENS

(b. 6 November 1734 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1803 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Joseph VIENS was born 6 November 1734 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Joseph VIENS was the child of Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Catherine CANTARA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE) (maternal) Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

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

Joseph married Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ 2 February 1761 in Yamaska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ was born 29 October 1741 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Veronique died 25 February 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Veronique was the child of Pierre THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Rose COITOU.

Joseph VIENS died 11 April 1803 in Montréal, 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 VIENS married

Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: Yamaska, Canada
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Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ was the child of Pierre THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Rose COITOU

Children of Joseph VIENS and Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ:

Victoire VIENS (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Basile CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE 21 August 1786 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
m. Jean-Baptiste HUOT 9 August 1824 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis VIENS (b.24 September 1761, Chambly, Canada d. 31 July 1825, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne PROVOST 29 July 1799 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph VIENS (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine RITCHOT 24 November 1788 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS (b.7 December 1777, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1871, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )
m. Angelique ROBIDOUX 1805 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1734 Birth
6 November 1734
Yamaska, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VIENS and Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ 2 February 1761, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 26 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Louis VIENS was born 24 September 1761, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 26 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.

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 Birth of Child
Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS was born 7 December 1777, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph was 43 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Victoire VIENS married 21 August 1786, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Basile CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph VIENS married 24 November 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Catherine RITCHOT

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Louis VIENS married 29 July 1799, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Anne PROVOST

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