Joseph DOUCET

(b. 19 July 1713 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 6 May 1795 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DOUCET was born 19 July 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph DOUCET was the child of Mathieu DOUCET and Anne LORD (LAURE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET (maternal) Julien LORD (LOURT) dit LAMONTAGNE and Anne Charlotte GIROUARD

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Joseph married Marie Anne BOURG 23 November 1735 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie Anne BOURG was born 23 November 1718 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Anne died 3 February 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie Anne was the child of Pierre BOURG and Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD).

Joseph DOUCET died 6 May 1795 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Family and Children of Joseph DOUCET

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Joseph DOUCET married

Marie Anne BOURG-- Date: 23 November 1735 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Anne BOURG was the child of Pierre BOURG and Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)

Children of Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG:

Marguerite DOUCET (b.18 March 1741, Port Royal, Acadia d. 29 December 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS 28 September 1767 in , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Jean Baptiste DOUCET (b.29 May 1745, Port Royal, Acadia d. 28 January 1810, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Marie "Luce" RICHARD 25 September 1768 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis DOUCET (b.16 May 1749, Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 July 1819, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 10 January 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET (b.24 March 1753, Port Royal, Acadia d. 23 March 1839, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles BELIVEAU 10 January 1773 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Anne DOUCET (b.1 June 1756, American Colonies d. 14 August 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Alexis RHEAULT 20 February 1775 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre Abel DOUCET (b.March 1761, d. 5 March 1844, Trois-Rivières, Canada East )
m. Marie-Esther LEPRINCE 9 February 1784 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1713 Birth
19 July 1713
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DOUCET and Marie Anne BOURG 23 November 1735 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 22 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marguerite DOUCET was born 18 March 1741, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste DOUCET was born 29 May 1745, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Louis DOUCET was born 16 May 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET was born 24 March 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Marie Anne DOUCET was born 1 June 1756, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Joseph was 42 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 28 September 1767, , United States (USA) (American Colonies) to Joseph-Abel BOURGEOIS

1768 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste DOUCET married 25 September 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie "Luce" RICHARD

1773 Marriage of Child
Louis DOUCET married 10 January 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie Elisabeth Isabelle DOUCET married 10 January 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles BELIVEAU

1775 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne DOUCET married 20 February 1775, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Alexis RHEAULT

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Pierre Abel DOUCET married 9 February 1784, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Esther LEPRINCE

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

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