Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU

(b. 7 April 1730 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1815 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU was born 7 April 1730 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU was the child of Jean PRUNEAU and Marie-Geneviève BOUTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PRUNEAU and Suzanne EMOND (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUTIN and Jeanne AUDEBOUT

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Joseph-Marie married Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD 20 November 1752 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD was born 5 January 1725 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Marie-Josephe-Claire died 10 August 1811 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Marie-Josephe-Claire was the child of Ignace BOUCHARD and Jeanne-Marie-Anne ROY.

Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU died 3 January 1815 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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-Marie PRUNEAU married

Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD-- Date: 20 November 1752 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD was the child of Ignace BOUCHARD and Jeanne-Marie-Anne ROY

Children of Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU and Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD:

Pierre PRUNEAU (b.23 February 1756, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1834, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )
m. Marie DUCHESNE 25 January 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephte PRUNEAU (b.6 September 1757, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1826, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph FRADET 21 July 1789 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Reine PRUNEAU (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 October 1847, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East )
m. Augustin GUILLEMETTE 9 January 1781 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 April 1808, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Rogere FOURNIER 18 August 1789 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1730 Birth
7 April 1730
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU and Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD 20 November 1752, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

He was 22 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Pierre PRUNEAU was born 23 February 1756, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Joseph-Marie was 25 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PRUNEAU was born 6 September 1757, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Joseph-Marie was 27 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Reine PRUNEAU married 9 January 1781, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Augustin GUILLEMETTE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Pierre PRUNEAU married 25 January 1785, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie DUCHESNE

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PRUNEAU married 21 July 1789, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Joseph FRADET

1789 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU married 18 August 1789, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Rogere FOURNIER

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

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

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

1808 Death of Child
Joseph-Marie PRUNEAU died 16 April 1808, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Joseph-Marie was 78 years old.

1811 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe-Claire BOUCHARD died 10 August 1811, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

1815 Death
3 January 1815
Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 84.

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