Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS

(b. 27 March 1710 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 January 1781 , Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS was born 27 March 1710 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS was the child of Joseph HARNOIS and Angélique PETIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isaac HARNOIS and Marguerite BLAISE (maternal) Gaspard PETIT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Louise PINGUET dite LAGLARDIÈRE

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Joseph-Antoine married Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR) 6 February 1733 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR) was born 10 March 1702 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Geneviève died 23 October 1750 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Marie-Catherine PROULX.

Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS died 14 January 1781 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, 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-Antoine HARNOIS married

Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR)-- Date: 6 February 1733 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
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Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR) was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Marie-Catherine PROULX

Children of Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS and Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR):

Augustin HARNOIS (b.31 July 1733, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1823, Louiseville, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite LEMAITRE 24 October 1757 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Joseph HARNOIS (b.31 July 1733, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1815, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Catherine PENISSON 27 February 1764 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1710 Birth
27 March 1710
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Antoine HARNOIS and Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR) 6 February 1733, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 22 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Augustin HARNOIS was born 31 July 1733, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Joseph-Antoine was 23 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Joseph HARNOIS was born 31 July 1733, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Joseph-Antoine was 23 years old.

1750 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève ARBOUR (HARBOUR) died 23 October 1750, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Augustin HARNOIS married 24 October 1757, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Marguerite LEMAITRE

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 of Child
Joseph HARNOIS married 27 February 1764, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Catherine PENISSON

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.