Joseph RANCOURT

Born

abt. 1723 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

12 September 1811 , Beauceville, Lower Canada

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Jean-Francois RANCOURT Louise POULIN

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Joseph RANCOURT was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph RANCOURT was the child of Jean-Francois RANCOURT and Louise POULIN

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph RANCOURT and Marie PARENT (maternal) Jean POULIN (POULAIN) and Louise PARÉ

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Joseph married Elisabeth-Barbe GAGNON 21 November 1746 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . Elisabeth-Barbe GAGNON was born abt. 1719 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Elisabeth-Barbe died 8 August 1799 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth-Barbe was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Geneviève CHAMARD.

Joseph RANCOURT died 12 September 1811 in Beauceville, 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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Elisabeth-Barbe GAGNON
Marriage date: 21 November 1746
Marriage place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Barbe GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Geneviève CHAMARD

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1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RANCOURT and Elisabeth-Barbe GAGNON 21 November 1746, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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.