Joseph SURPRENANT

(b. 12 April 1764 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 March 1842 , Napierville, Canada East )

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Joseph SURPRENANT was born 12 April 1764 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph SURPRENANT was the child of Michel SURPRENANT and Francoise GIBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SURPRENANT and Marie-Josephte BOYER (maternal) Philibert GIBEAU and Francoise LECUYER

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Joseph married Marie-Anne DUMAS 4 October 1785 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DUMAS was born 17 February 1769 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Anne was the child of Etienne-Joseph DUMAS and Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE.

Joseph SURPRENANT died 28 March 1842 in Napierville, Canada East .
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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 SURPRENANT married

Marie-Anne DUMAS-- Date: 4 October 1785 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne DUMAS was the child of Etienne-Joseph DUMAS and Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE

Children of Joseph SURPRENANT and Marie-Anne DUMAS:

Josephte SURPRENANT (b.3 June 1793, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François BOURDEAU 27 April 1819 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1764 Birth
12 April 1764
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SURPRENANT and Marie-Anne DUMAS 4 October 1785 , Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Josephte SURPRENANT was born 3 June 1793, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Josephte SURPRENANT married 27 April 1819 , L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to François BOURDEAU

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England