Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES

(b. 22 October 1699 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1780 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES was born 22 October 1699 in Québec, Canada, New France

Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES was the child of Jacques DESGAGNES and Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and the grandchild of: (maternal) François PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marguerite-Madeleine MORISSEAU

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

Nicolas-Joseph married Madeleine ROYER 18 October 1729 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Madeleine ROYER was born 7 September 1699 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Madeleine died 5 May 1792 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Madeleine was the child of Jean ROYER and Catherine DUMONT.

Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES died 18 November 1780 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES married

Madeleine ROYER-- Date: 18 October 1729 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Madeleine ROYER was the child of Jean ROYER and Catherine DUMONT

Children of Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES and Madeleine ROYER:

Louise DESGAGNES (b.13 September 1733, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1815 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Andre BERGERON 22 November 1753 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Geneviève DESGAGNES (b.27 June 1737, Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1811, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Claude BOUCHARD 27 July 1766 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph DESGAGNES (b.9 September 1739, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1816, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY 4 October 1762 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES (b.4 October 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 June 1814, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique SAVARD 6 October 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1699 Birth
22 October 1699
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1729 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES and Madeleine ROYER 18 October 1729 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 30 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Louise DESGAGNES was born 13 September 1733, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas-Joseph was 33 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Geneviève DESGAGNES was born 27 June 1737, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas-Joseph was 37 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Joseph DESGAGNES was born 9 September 1739, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas-Joseph was 39 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES was born 4 October 1741, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Nicolas-Joseph was 41 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Louise DESGAGNES married 22 November 1753, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Andre BERGERON

1762 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESGAGNES married 4 October 1762, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES married 6 October 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Angelique SAVARD

1766 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DESGAGNES married 27 July 1766 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Claude BOUCHARD

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.