Louis-Joachim BRIEN

(b. 18 March 1748 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1831 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Joachim BRIEN was born 18 March 1748 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Louis-Joachim BRIEN was the child of Francois BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Louise FISSIAU dite LARAMEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marguerite-Louise LEMIRE (maternal) Jacques FISSIAU dit LARAMÉE and Anne MONET

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Louis-Joachim married Charlotte THOUIN 7 August 1775 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Charlotte THOUIN was born 16 February 1750 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Charlotte died 2 October 1832 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste THOUIN and Charlotte BEAUDOIN.

Louis-Joachim BRIEN died 16 December 1831 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Louis-Joachim BRIEN married

Charlotte THOUIN-- Date: 7 August 1775 Place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte THOUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste THOUIN and Charlotte BEAUDOIN

Children of Louis-Joachim BRIEN and Charlotte THOUIN:

Charlotte BRIEN dite DESROCHERS (b.8 August 1780, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 July 1812, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)

Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHERS (b.abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Antoine BRIEN (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite DEZIEL dite LABRECHE 14 February 1814 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Angelique BRIEN dite DESROCHERS (b.abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 November 1874, St-Zotique, Soulanges, Quebec, Canada)

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1748 Birth
18 March 1748
Varennes, Canada, New France

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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joachim BRIEN and Charlotte THOUIN 7 August 1775 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 27 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Charlotte BRIEN dite DESROCHERS was born 8 August 1780, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Louis-Joachim was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)