Joseph DUGUAY

(b. 27 May 1737 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1807 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DUGUAY was born 27 May 1737 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Joseph DUGUAY was the child of Pierre DUGUAY dit LAFRANCHISE and Marie-Françoise HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUGUAY dit LAFRANCHISE and Angélique DELUGRE (maternal) Claude HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

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

Joseph married Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT 20 October 1761 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT was born 11 May 1743 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Gabrielle died 21 June 1823 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Gabrielle was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Josephe BUREL (BURELLE).

Joseph DUGUAY died 11 October 1807 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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 DUGUAY married

Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT-- Date: 20 October 1761 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Josephe BUREL (BURELLE)

Children of Joseph DUGUAY and Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT:

Joseph DUGUAY (b.14 August 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe DUGUAY (b.27 September 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1825, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Amable GAUDET 17 October 1791 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean-Baptiste DUGUAY (b.31 December 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1838, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Cecile LEPITRE 3 March 1794 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Angelique DUGUAY (b.14 April 1769, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 May 1846, Saint-Ours, Canada East )
m. Pierre MORIN 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Francoise DUGUAY (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE 25 August 1795 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Antoine DUGUAY (b.9 May 1778, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 February 1861, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East )
m. Rosalie CHASSE 21 April 1801 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1737 Birth
27 May 1737
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUGUAY and Marie-Gabrielle BENOIT 20 October 1761 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 24 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph DUGUAY was born 14 August 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 25 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DUGUAY was born 27 September 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUGUAY was born 31 December 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 30 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Angelique DUGUAY was born 14 April 1769, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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
Antoine DUGUAY was born 9 May 1778, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 40 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

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DUGUAY married 17 October 1791, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Amable GAUDET

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUGUAY married 3 March 1794, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Cecile LEPITRE

1795 Marriage of Child
Francoise DUGUAY married 25 August 1795, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-Baptiste FOUCAULT dit LEMIRE

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Antoine DUGUAY married 21 April 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Rosalie CHASSE