Joseph-Arthur LACROIX

(b. 22 September 1756 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1803 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Arthur LACROIX was born 22 September 1756 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Joseph-Arthur LACROIX was the child of Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER (maternal) Joseph-Marie BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Josephte-Natalie BLAIS

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

Joseph-Arthur married Marie LACROIX 21 October 1782 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie LACROIX was born 24 February 1757 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie died 24 November 1821 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie was the child of Charles LACROIX and Marianne PATRY.

Joseph-Arthur LACROIX died 5 February 1803 in Trois-Rivières, 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-Arthur LACROIX married

Marie LACROIX-- Date: 21 October 1782 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie LACROIX was the child of Charles LACROIX and Marianne PATRY

Children of Joseph-Arthur LACROIX and Marie LACROIX:

Joseph LACROIX (b.16 September 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS 9 September 1811 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean LACROIX (b.3 June 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite COMTOIS 13 May 1822 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1756 Birth
22 September 1756
Saint-Michel-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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Arthur LACROIX and Marie LACROIX 21 October 1782, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Joseph LACROIX was born 16 September 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Arthur was 31 years old.

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

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

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

1800 Birth of Child
Jean LACROIX was born 3 June 1800, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph-Arthur was 43 years old.