Josephte LAROCQUE

Born

29 December 1726 , Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

Died

12 September 1784 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

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Born: 29 December 1726 in Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

Father: Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

Paternal grandparents: Philibert COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE , Catherine LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SABOURIN , Madeleine PERRIER

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Josephte married Thomas PROULX 15 May 1747 in Oka, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thomas PROULX was born 21 July 1724 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . Thomas died 2 February 1806 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. Thomas was the child of Jacques PROULX dit LEPOITEVIN and Jeanne PILON.

Josephte LAROCQUE died 12 September 1784 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Thomas PROULX
Marriage date: 15 May 1747
Marriage place: Oka, Canada, New France
Thomas PROULX was the child of Jacques PROULX dit LEPOITEVIN and Jeanne PILON

Children of Thomas PROULX and Josephte LAROCQUE

Marie-Josephte PROULX

Born: 19 June 1748, Oka, Canada, New France
Died: 2 April 1810, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR 7 July 1766 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte PROULX

Born: 13 February 1755, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Died: 30 June 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Simon ETHIER 13 January 1772 Place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

Thomas PROULX

Born: 28 August 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada
Died: 7 May 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Catherine BRAZEAU 4 February 1783 Place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1726
29 December 1726
Île-Perrot, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LAROCQUE and Thomas PROULX 15 May 1747, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

She was 20 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PROULX was born 19 June 1748, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Josephte was 21 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte PROULX was born 13 February 1755, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Josephte was 28 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Thomas PROULX was born 28 August 1760, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Josephte was 33 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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PROULX married 7 July 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada to Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte PROULX married 13 January 1772, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada to Simon ETHIER

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.