Joseph-Paul DESJARDINS

Born

2 November 1747 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

26 May 1812 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

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Paul DESJARDINS Marguerite BRAZEAU

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Born: 2 November 1747 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Paul DESJARDINS

Mother: Marguerite BRAZEAU

Paternal grandparents: Roch DESJARDINS , Marie BOULARD dite CAMBRAI

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BRAZEAU , Angélique ANDEGRAVE

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Joseph-Paul married Cecile GUYON (DION) 16 November 1778 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile GUYON (DION) was born 8 September 1758 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Cecile died 21 January 1841 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Cecile was the child of Jean DION (GUYON) and Marie-Cecile ASSELIN.

Joseph-Paul DESJARDINS died 26 May 1812 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada .

m. Guyon Cecile
m. Quenneville Catherine-Amable

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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-Paul DESJARDINS married

Cecile GUYON (DION)
Marriage date: 16 November 1778
Marriage place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Cecile GUYON (DION) was the child of Jean DION (GUYON) and Marie-Cecile ASSELIN

Children of Joseph-Paul DESJARDINS and Cecile GUYON (DION)

Marie DESJARDINS

Born: abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoine ROCHON 14 October 1799 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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Birth — 1747
2 November 1747
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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 - 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.