Joseph DUFOUR

(b. 3 March 1729 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 2 April 1806 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DUFOUR was born 3 March 1729 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Joseph DUFOUR was the child of Pierre DUFOUR dit LATOUR and Geneviève GUIGNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GUIGNARD and Geneviève VANIER dite LAFONTAINE

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Joseph married Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE 24 October 1752 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE was born 6 December 1730 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite died 1 November 1796 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Esprit SENET (SENEZ) and Marguerite BRAZEAU.

Joseph DUFOUR died 2 April 1806 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, 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 DUFOUR married

Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE-- Date: 24 October 1752 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE was the child of Esprit SENET (SENEZ) and Marguerite BRAZEAU

Children of Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE:

Thérèse DUFOUR dite LATOUR (b.11 October 1765, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre LIENARD dit MONDOR 29 October 1781 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marguerite DUFOUR dite LATOUR (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre HAM dit CHAUSSE 8 February 1796 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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1729 Birth
3 March 1729
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE 24 October 1752, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Thérèse DUFOUR dite LATOUR was born 11 October 1765, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph was 36 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.