Joseph PERRAULT

(b. 5 April 1755 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1814 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PERRAULT was born 5 April 1755 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Joseph PERRAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste PERRAULT and Madeleine ROBILLARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude PERRAULT and Marie GOULET (maternal) Pierre ROBILLARD and Catherine COUTU (COTTU)

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Joseph married Genevieve RACETTE 18 August 1783 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve RACETTE was born 6 April 1768 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 1 January 1852 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Genevieve was the child of Jacques RACETTE and Louise THIBAULT.

Joseph PERRAULT died 10 April 1814 in Lavaltrie, 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 PERRAULT married

Genevieve RACETTE-- Date: 18 August 1783 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve RACETTE was the child of Jacques RACETTE and Louise THIBAULT

Children of Joseph PERRAULT and Genevieve RACETTE:

Louise PERRAULT (b.12 February 1787, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Genevieve PERREAULT (b.8 April 1788, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 September 1861, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Canada East)
m. Francois HETU 4 April 1815 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1755 Birth
5 April 1755
Saint-Sulpice, 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.