Joseph-Marie MARQUIS

(b. 10 October 1753 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1806 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie MARQUIS was born 10 October 1753 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie MARQUIS was the child of Joseph-Marie MARQUIS and Françoise COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Francois MARQUIS and Marie-Anne BOUCHER (maternal) Prisque-Pierre CÔTÉ and Ursule BERNIER

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Joseph-Marie married Marguerite LIZOTTE 8 April 1777 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite LIZOTTE was born 21 December 1758 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 8 June 1810 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marguerite was the child of Joseph LIZOTTE and Thérèse LEBEL.

Joseph-Marie MARQUIS died 24 December 1806 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, 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-Marie MARQUIS married

Marguerite LIZOTTE-- Date: 8 April 1777 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite LIZOTTE was the child of Joseph LIZOTTE and Thérèse LEBEL

Children of Joseph-Marie MARQUIS and Marguerite LIZOTTE:

Suzanne MARQUIS (b.28 June 1788, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Henri MALENFANT 12 February 1811 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Marguerite MARQUIS (b.abt. 1799, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Michel MICHAUD dit GIROUX 6 August 1849 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1753 Birth
10 October 1753
Kamouraska, 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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie MARQUIS and Marguerite LIZOTTE 8 April 1777 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Suzanne MARQUIS was born 28 June 1788, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Joseph-Marie was 34 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)