Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP

(b. 30 April 1739 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1782 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP was born 30 April 1739 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP was the child of Jacques BEAUCHAMP and Marie-Anne MAGUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BEAUCHAMP and Anne BAZINET (maternal) Pierre MAGUET and Catherine PERTHUIS

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

Marie-Josèphe married Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE 10 February 1755 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE was born 2 February 1730 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Joseph-Marie died 9 January 1801 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Joseph-Marie was the child of Francois DESNOYERS and Suzanne ALY dite LAROSÉE.

Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP died 6 April 1782 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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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Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP married

Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE-- Date: 10 February 1755 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of Francois DESNOYERS and Suzanne ALY dite LAROSÉE

Children of Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP:

Marie-Josephte DESNOYERS (b.1 March 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada d. 23 December 1793, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre-Amable BEAUDRY 27 September 1784 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE (b.3 March 1766, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 August 1833, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES 7 February 1785 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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1739 Birth
30 April 1739
Laval, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josèphe BEAUCHAMP and Joseph-Marie DESNOYERS dit LAJEUNESSE 10 February 1755, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

She was 15 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DESNOYERS was born 1 March 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Josèphe was 22 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE was born 3 March 1766, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Josèphe was 26 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.