Joseph CYR

(b. abt. 1761 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 August 1829 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CYR was born abt. 1761 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph CYR was the child of Paul CYR and Marie Ursule DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CYR (SIRE) and Marie Josephte MICHEL (maternal) Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS and Anne VINCENT

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

Joseph married Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD 24 November 1788 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD was born 8 June 1765 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Geneviève died 13 June 1850 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Geneviève was the child of Alexandre CORMACK MCDONALD and Marie BABINEAU.

Joseph CYR died 22 August 1829 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Cormavck Genevieve

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph CYR married

Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD-- Date: 24 November 1788 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD was the child of Alexandre CORMACK MCDONALD and Marie BABINEAU

Children of Joseph CYR and Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD:

Marguerite CYR (b.29 June 1796, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL 1 October 1810 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

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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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CYR and Geneviève CORMAVCK MC DONALD 24 November 1788 , Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1796 Birth of Child
Marguerite CYR was born 29 June 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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

1810 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CYR married 1 October 1810 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand) to Jean-Baptiste TRUDEL

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)