flag male ancestor  Joseph  DRAPEAU

  (b. 12 March 1787 Québec, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 29 May 1871 Frenchville, Maine, USA )  

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Joseph DRAPEAU was born 12 March 1787 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DRAPEAU was the child of Pierre DRAPEAU   and   Josephte MARANDA and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DRAPEAU and Josephte HUARD (maternal)  Charles MARANDA and Marguerite FAGOT

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

Joseph  married  Marguerite CHORET 18 January 1820 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHORET  was born 30 October 1793 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre).  Marguerite died 17 January 1864 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce).  Marguerite was the child of Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS.

Joseph DRAPEAU died 29 May 1871 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .





alternate death place Ste-Luce, Quebec?


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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Joseph DRAPEAU

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Joseph DRAPEAU married flag female ancestor Marguerite CHORET-- Date: 18 January 1820 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Marguerite CHORET was the child of Augustin CHORET and Josephte SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS


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Children of Joseph DRAPEAU and Marguerite CHORET:

flag female ancestor Catherine DRAPEAU (b.26 October 1820, Rimouski, Lower Canada   d. 3 May 1904, Val-Brillant, Cté Matapédia, Quebec, Canada)
m. Germain GENDRON 9 January 1849 in Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)



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birth1787 Birth
12 March 1787
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
marriage1820 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DRAPEAU and Marguerite CHORET 18 January 1820, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 32 years old.
1820 Birth of Child
Catherine DRAPEAU was born 26 October 1820, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Joseph was 33 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1849 Marriage of Child
Catherine DRAPEAU married 9 January 1849, Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer) to Germain GENDRON
1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite CHORET died 17 January 1864, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)
death1871 Death
29 May 1871
Frenchville, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 84.
Added: 12/28/2015 9:25:20 AM - Updated: 5/26/2024 11:45:34 PM

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