Joseph PROULX

Born

28 July 1724 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Died

20 September 1807 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Claude PROULX Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

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Born: 28 July 1724 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Father: Claude PROULX

Mother: Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean PROULX , Catherine PINEL

Maternal grandparents: Jacques ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU , Marie-Louise DEGUITRE

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

Joseph married Marie-Angélique ALLARD 17 February 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Angélique ALLARD was born 28 November 1727 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Angélique died 11 September 1767 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Angélique was the child of François-Jean ALLARD and Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN.

Joseph married (2) Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE 13 April 1768 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Catherine died 1 December 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine was the child of Pierre DULIGNON dit LAMIRANDE and Marguerite GERLAISE.

Joseph married (3) Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ 27 January 1783 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ was born 10 May 1745 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Anne died 1 August 1828 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Anne was the child of Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ.

Joseph PROULX died 20 September 1807 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .

m. Allard Marie-Angelique
m. Dulignon Catherine
m. Potvin Anne

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: lieutenant de milice et cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Joseph PROULX

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Joseph PROULX married

Marie-Angélique ALLARD
Marriage date: 17 February 1749
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique ALLARD was the child of François-Jean ALLARD and Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN

Children of Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD

Elisabeth PROULX

Born: 2 February 1749, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Died: 23 February 1807, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER 4 November 1776 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph PROULX

Born: 13 March 1754, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 27 January 1826, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD 30 January 1775 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Angélique PROULX

Born: 8 April 1759, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 21 November 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Michel HOUDE 17 September 1781 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François PROULX

Born: 26 April 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Died: 16 May 1829, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX 19 January 1790 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph PROULX married

Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE
Marriage date: 13 April 1768
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE was the child of Pierre DULIGNON dit LAMIRANDE and Marguerite GERLAISE

Children of Joseph PROULX and Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE

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Joseph PROULX married

Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 27 January 1783
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ was the child of Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

Children of Joseph PROULX and Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ

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Birth — 1724
28 July 1724
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD 17 February 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Elisabeth PROULX was born 2 February 1749, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph PROULX was born 13 March 1754, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Angélique PROULX was born 8 April 1759, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 34 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
François PROULX was born 26 April 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 35 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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angélique ALLARD died 11 September 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1768 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROULX and Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE 13 April 1768, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 43 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph PROULX married 30 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth PROULX married 4 November 1776, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER

1781 Marriage of Child
Angélique PROULX married 17 September 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Michel HOUDE

1781 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine DULIGNON dite LAMIRANDE died 1 December 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1783 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROULX and Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ 27 January 1783, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 58 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
François PROULX married 19 January 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE dite DESCOTEAUX

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

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

1798 Death of Child
Angélique PROULX died 21 November 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 74 years old.

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

Death — 1807
20 September 1807
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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