Joseph LEFEBVRE

(b. 22 December 1733 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1801 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LEFEBVRE was born 22 December 1733 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Joseph LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit LADOUCEUR and Marie MARCOTTE (maternal) François GIGNAC and Marie-Anne DUCLOS

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

Joseph married Angelique PERRAULT 7 February 1757 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique PERRAULT was born 11 August 1737 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Angelique died 20 May 1805 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Angelique was the child of Jacques PERRAULT and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE.

Joseph LEFEBVRE died 31 January 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.

m. Perrault Angelique

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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 LEFEBVRE married

Angelique PERRAULT-- Date: 7 February 1757 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Angelique PERRAULT was the child of Jacques PERRAULT and Marie-Anne MARCOTTE

Children of Joseph LEFEBVRE and Angelique PERRAULT:

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE (b.17 July 1778, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 September 1834, Saint-Barthélemy, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph GODIN 10 September 1799 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1733 Birth
22 December 1733
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEFEBVRE and Angelique PERRAULT 7 February 1757, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 23 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE was born 17 July 1778, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Joseph was 44 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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE married 10 September 1799, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Joseph GODIN

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