Joseph RHÉAUME

(b. 1 January 1723 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 11 March 1796 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RHÉAUME was born 1 January 1723 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph RHÉAUME was the child of Joseph RHÉAUME and Madeleine GIBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice RHÉAUME and Marie-Anne VIVIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GIBEAU dit POITEVIN and Anne PAVIOT dite PATENÔTRE

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

Joseph married Elisabeth TABAULT 18 November 1748 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth TABAULT was born 16 March 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre TABAULT and Francoise-Cunegonde CARDINAL.

Joseph RHÉAUME died 11 March 1796 in Saint-Constant, 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 RHÉAUME married

Elisabeth TABAULT-- Date: 18 November 1748 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Elisabeth TABAULT was the child of Pierre TABAULT and Francoise-Cunegonde CARDINAL

Children of Joseph RHÉAUME and Elisabeth TABAULT:

Pierre RHEAUME (b.10 March 1761, Saint-Constant, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Charlotte GAGNE 15 February 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1723 Birth
1 January 1723
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RHÉAUME and Elisabeth TABAULT 18 November 1748 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre RHEAUME was born 10 March 1761, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Pierre RHEAUME married 15 February 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Charlotte GAGNE

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

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