Joseph BROSSEAU

(b. 3 May 1739 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1805 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BROSSEAU was born 3 May 1739 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Joseph BROSSEAU was the child of Joseph BROSSEAU and Françoise PINSONNEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Hebert BROSSEAU (BROUSSEAU) and Barbe BOURBON (maternal) Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Elisabeth BOURASSA

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

Joseph married Marguerite BEAUVAIS 29 October 1764 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BEAUVAIS was born 18 December 1739 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite died 20 August 1821 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite was the child of Joseph BEAUVAIS and Marie-Marguerite LEMIEUX.

Joseph BROSSEAU died 16 March 1805 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

m. Marguerite Beauvais
29 October 1764
La Prairie

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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 BROSSEAU married

Marguerite BEAUVAIS-- Date: 29 October 1764 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BEAUVAIS was the child of Joseph BEAUVAIS and Marie-Marguerite LEMIEUX

Children of Joseph BROSSEAU and Marguerite BEAUVAIS:

Joseph BROSSEAU (b.14 September 1768, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Françoise SENECAL 3 October 1791 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1739 Birth
3 May 1739
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BROSSEAU and Marguerite BEAUVAIS 29 October 1764, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph BROSSEAU was born 14 September 1768, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph BROSSEAU married 3 October 1791, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Françoise SENECAL

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

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