Joseph DUPONT

(b. 21 April 1727 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1766 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* )

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Joseph DUPONT was born 21 April 1727 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Joseph DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Renee RICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles DUPONT and Françoise MICHEL (MICHAUD) (maternal) Jean RICARD (RIQUART) and Marie-Madeleine PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS 4 November 1748 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte-Rosalie died 12 December 1798 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Marie-Josephte-Rosalie was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Geneviève MARTIN.

Joseph DUPONT died 3 June 1766 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, 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 DUPONT married

Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS-- Date: 4 November 1748 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Geneviève MARTIN

Children of Joseph DUPONT and Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS:

Marie-Josephe DUPONT (b.20 February 1759, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 10 January 1821, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )
m. Jean Baptiste PINEAULT dit DESCHENEAUX 1781 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1727 Birth
21 April 1727
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DUPONT and Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS 4 November 1748 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 21 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DUPONT was born 20 February 1759, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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.