Joseph CHATIGNY

(b. 29 December 1718 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 9 July 1808 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CHATIGNY was born 29 December 1718 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph CHATIGNY was the child of Pierre CHATIGNY and Angélique MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent CHATIGNY and Marie-Françoise AUBRY (maternal) Joachim MARTIN and Anne-Charlotte PETIT

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

Joseph married Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN 17 April 1741 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN was born 27 March 1726 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Genevieve died 18 March 1760 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite-Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste CORBIN and Genevieve AMYOT (AMIOT) dite LAPINIERE.

Joseph married (2) Marguerite GAUVIN abt. 1765 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GAUVIN was born 4 March 1728 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marguerite died 27 April 1797 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Étienne GAUVIN and Marie-Jeanne FISET.

Joseph CHATIGNY died 9 July 1808 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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 CHATIGNY married

Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN-- Date: 17 April 1741 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CORBIN and Genevieve AMYOT (AMIOT) dite LAPINIERE

Children of Joseph CHATIGNY and Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN:

Joseph-Charles CHATIGNY (b.18 March 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1820, St-Clément, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada)
m. Madeleine LEMONIER 18 January 1768 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Genevieve CHATIGNY (b.28 September 1749, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1819, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Louis-Eustache CHATIGNY (b.abt. 1756, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Louis CHATIGNY (b.abt. 1762, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph CHATIGNY married

Marguerite GAUVIN-- Date: abt. 1765 Place:
Marguerite GAUVIN was the child of Étienne GAUVIN and Marie-Jeanne FISET

Children of Joseph CHATIGNY and Marguerite GAUVIN:

Jean-Marie CHATIGNY (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Louise DUBEAU 13 January 1800 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1718 Birth
29 December 1718
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1741 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CHATIGNY and Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN 17 April 1741 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Joseph-Charles CHATIGNY was born 18 March 1745, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 26 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve CHATIGNY was born 28 September 1749, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite-Genevieve CORBIN died 18 March 1760, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Charles CHATIGNY married 18 January 1768 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Madeleine LEMONIER

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.