Joseph PERUSSE

(b. abt. 1744 , Canada d. 7 August 1820 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PERUSSE was born abt. 1744 in Canada

Joseph PERUSSE was the child of Louis PERUSSE and Marie-Louise FRECHETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PERUSSE and Jeanne BARABÉ (maternal) François FRÉCHETTE (FRÉCHET) and Marguerite BERGERON

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Joseph married Thérèse FAUCHER 2 March 1767 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse FAUCHER was born 21 August 1750 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Thérèse died 5 March 1827 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Thérèse was the child of Antoine FAUCHER and Thérèse BEAUDET.

Joseph PERUSSE died 7 August 1820 in Lotbinière, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph PERUSSE married

Thérèse FAUCHER-- Date: 2 March 1767 Place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse FAUCHER was the child of Antoine FAUCHER and Thérèse BEAUDET

Children of Joseph PERUSSE and Thérèse FAUCHER:

Modeste PERUSSE (b.14 January 1772, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 February 1810, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Pelagie BERNARD 9 February 1795 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Esther PERUSSE (b.29 June 1794, Lotbinière, Lower Canada d. 1 October 1879, Wheatland, Rice, Minnesota, USA)
m. Augustin PANDELET dit PLAISANCE 6 February 1815 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PERUSSE and Thérèse FAUCHER 2 March 1767, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

1772 Birth of Child
Modeste PERUSSE was born 14 January 1772, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.