Joseph NEVEU

(b. 8 June 1747 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1801 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )

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Joseph NEVEU was born 8 June 1747 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Joseph NEVEU was the child of Louis NEVEU (NEPVEU) and Marie-Anne BOURDET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas BOURDET and Marie-Anne JACOTI dite BEAUSOLEIL

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

Joseph married Marie-Victoire JANOT 10 October 1774 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Victoire JANOT was born 31 July 1755 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Victoire was the child of Louis-Basile JANOT and Marie-Charlotte BEAUDRY.

Joseph NEVEU died 2 January 1801 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 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 NEVEU married

Marie-Victoire JANOT-- Date: 10 October 1774 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Victoire JANOT was the child of Louis-Basile JANOT and Marie-Charlotte BEAUDRY

Children of Joseph NEVEU and Marie-Victoire JANOT:

Marie-Victoire NEVEU (b.1 July 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Augustin MAILLOT 8 September 1794 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1747 Birth
8 June 1747
Chambly, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph NEVEU and Marie-Victoire JANOT 10 October 1774, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 27 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire NEVEU was born 1 July 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph was 30 years old.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire NEVEU married 8 September 1794, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Augustin MAILLOT

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