Joseph-Marie MORIN

(b. 5 April 1732 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1784 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Marie MORIN was born 5 April 1732 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie MORIN was the child of Andre MORIN and Marie-Jeanne-Anne DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert MORIN and Françoise MIGNIER (maternal) Mathurin DUBE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE

Joseph-Marie had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Joseph-Marie MORIN died 14 April 1784 in Trois-Rivières, 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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1732 Birth
5 April 1732
La Pocatière, 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.

Revolutionary War
MORIN, JOSEPH MARIEAncestor #: A214809
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 4-5-1732 STE ANNE DE LA POCATIERE CANADA
Death: 4-14-1784 TROIS RIVIERES QUEBEC CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION 1775-1776, P 115
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

RESIDENCE
1) City: KAMOURASKA - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE LOUISE BRIGITTE SAUCIER
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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.