Joseph DUFRESNE

(b. 3 August 1741 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 December 1800 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DUFRESNE was born 3 August 1741 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph DUFRESNE was the child of Louis DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne LEMELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUFRESNE and Marie-Madeleine CRÉPEAU (maternal) Louis LEMELIN and Marie-Anne DELAUMAY (DELAUNAY)

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

Joseph married Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN 1 August 1774 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN was born 7 December 1745 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Angélique died 29 June 1821 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) . Angélique was the child of Joseph BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN and Marie-Anne AUDET.

Joseph DUFRESNE died 4 December 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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 DUFRESNE married

Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN-- Date: 1 August 1774 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
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The French In North America: 1500-1783

Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN was the child of Joseph BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN and Marie-Anne AUDET

Children of Joseph DUFRESNE and Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN:

Alexandre DUFRESNE (b.25 February 1784, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 March 1872, Granby, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite HARNOIS 21 January 1811 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1741 Birth
3 August 1741
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUFRESNE and Angélique BOUCHER DESNOIS MONTBRUN 1 August 1774, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 33 years old.

1774 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1784 Birth of Child
Alexandre DUFRESNE was born 25 February 1784, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph was 42 years old.

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

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