Josephte LECOUR

(b. 21 June 1756 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 5 October 1836 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Josephte LECOUR was born 21 June 1756 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Josephte LECOUR was the child of Ignace LECOUR and Marie-Josephte TURGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LECOUR and Marie-Anne POLIQUIN (maternal) Charles TURGEON and Marie-Madeleine DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR

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

Josephte married Joseph ROY 22 June 1778 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ROY was born 4 January 1745 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 24 January 1834 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of François-Noel ROY and Thérèse ALLARD.

Josephte LECOUR died 5 October 1836 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Josephte LECOUR married

Joseph ROY-- Date: 22 June 1778 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph ROY was the child of François-Noel ROY and Thérèse ALLARD

Children of Joseph ROY and Josephte LECOUR:

Thomas ROY (b.14 July 1794, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1867, Lambton, Canada East )
m. Madeleine RUEL 12 August 1816 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1756 Birth
21 June 1756
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LECOUR and Joseph ROY 22 June 1778, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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 Birth of Child
Thomas ROY was born 14 July 1794, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 38 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Thomas ROY married 12 August 1816, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Madeleine RUEL

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England