Joseph MENARD

(b. 22 November 1735 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 5 October 1821 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MENARD was born 22 November 1735 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Joseph MENARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste MENARD and Marie-Francoise BAU (LEBEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis MENARD and Marie-Anne FEVRIER (maternal) Jean BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE and Etiennette LORET

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

Joseph married Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE 10 January 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE was born 24 October 1738 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jeanne died 21 April 1817 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Jeanne was the child of François AUPRY and Marie-Jeanne RIVET.

Joseph MENARD died 5 October 1821 in Saint-Luc, 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 MENARD married

Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE-- Date: 10 January 1757 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE was the child of François AUPRY and Marie-Jeanne RIVET

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Children of Joseph MENARD and Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE:

François MÉNARD (b.20 April 1758, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1810, , Canada)
m. Euphronsine MOREAU 5 February 1787 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph MENARD (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 April 1833, )

Julien MENARD (b.16 October 1761, Chambly, Canada d. , )

Louis MENARD (b.27 May 1763, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , Chambly, Québec, Canada )

Jean-Baptiste MENARD (b.12 April 1765, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie CHARLES dite CLEMENT 22 September 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Albert MENARD (b.15 June 1767, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 December 1780, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie MENARD (b.6 April 1769, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , Chambly, Québec, Canada )
m. Barthelemy COURTEMANCHE 11 September 1797 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Francoise MENARD (b.1 April 1771, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 September 1834, Chambly, Lower Canada )

Toussaint MENARD (b.9 November 1773, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean MENARD (b.27 June 1775, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 July 1815, Chambly, Lower Canada )

Josephte MENARD (b.19 March 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 July 1832, Chambly, Lower Canada )

Francois MENARD dit LAFONTAINE (b.11 April 1780, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1735 Birth
22 November 1735
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MENARD and Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE 10 January 1757, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 21 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
François MÉNARD was born 20 April 1758, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Julien MENARD was born 16 October 1761, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 25 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
Louis MENARD was born 27 May 1763, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MENARD was born 12 April 1765, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Albert MENARD was born 15 June 1767, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie MENARD was born 6 April 1769, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 33 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise MENARD was born 1 April 1771, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Toussaint MENARD was born 9 November 1773, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 37 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Jean MENARD was born 27 June 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 39 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Josephte MENARD was born 19 March 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Francois MENARD dit LAFONTAINE was born 11 April 1780, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 44 years old.

1780 Death of Child
Albert MENARD died 20 December 1780, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 45 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
François MÉNARD married 5 February 1787, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Euphronsine MOREAU

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MENARD married 22 September 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie CHARLES dite CLEMENT

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie MENARD married 11 September 1797, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Barthelemy COURTEMANCHE

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

1810 Death of Child
François MÉNARD died 26 May 1810, , Canada

Joseph was 74 years old.

1815 Death of Child
Jean MENARD died 7 July 1815, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 79 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jeanne AUPRY dite LARAMÉE died 21 April 1817, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Death
5 October 1821
Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 85.

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