Joseph PROULX

Born

13 March 1754 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

27 January 1826 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Joseph PROULX Marie-Angélique ALLARD

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Born: 13 March 1754 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph PROULX

Mother: Marie-Angélique ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Claude PROULX , Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

Maternal grandparents: François-Jean ALLARD , Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN

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Joseph married Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD 30 January 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD was born 24 January 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Claire died 26 June 1817 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Claire was the child of François-Régis MARQUET dit PÉRIGORD and Thérèse GARNIER (GRENIER).

Joseph PROULX died 27 January 1826 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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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Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD
Marriage date: 30 January 1775
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD was the child of François-Régis MARQUET dit PÉRIGORD and Thérèse GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Joseph PROULX and Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

Jean-Baptiste PROULX

Born: 19 February 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 February 1868, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Agathe GENEREUX 16 January 1821 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1754
13 March 1754
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PROULX and Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD 30 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 20 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 19 February 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Death of Spouse/Partner
Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD died 26 June 1817, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX married 16 January 1821, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Agathe GENEREUX

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

Death — 1826
27 January 1826
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 71.

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