Marie-Josephte VIENS

(b. 23 May 1762 , Champlain, Canada d. 30 August 1799 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte VIENS was born 23 May 1762 in Champlain, Canada

Marie-Josephte VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Jacqueline BILLY (maternal) Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

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Marie-Josephte married Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 31 October 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE was born 17 November 1758 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Antoine died 17 April 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Antoine was the child of Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Catherine PROVENCHER.

Marie-Josephte VIENS died 30 August 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Marie-Josephte VIENS married

Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE-- Date: 31 October 1785 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE was the child of Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Catherine PROVENCHER

Children of Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Marie-Josephte VIENS:

Marguerite BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE (b.10 January 1794, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 26 September 1862 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. François-Xavier LEBLANC 12 January 1819 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1762 Birth
23 May 1762
Champlain, Canada

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte VIENS and Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 31 October 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 23 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE was born 10 January 1794, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Josephte was 31 years old.