Joseph LABRECQUE

(b. 28 April 1735 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 30 June 1803 , Beaumont, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LABRECQUE was born 28 April 1735 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Joseph LABRECQUE was the child of Joseph LABRECQUE and Marie-Josephte ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin LABRECQUE and Marie-Marthe LEMIEUX (maternal) Guillaume ROY and Genevieve COUTURE

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

Joseph married Suzanne GIRARD 4 February 1765 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne GIRARD was born 3 November 1745 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Suzanne died 5 May 1788 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Suzanne was the child of Claude GIRARD and Suzanne GUAY.

Joseph LABRECQUE died 30 June 1803 in Beaumont, 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 LABRECQUE married

Suzanne GIRARD-- Date: 4 February 1765 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Suzanne GIRARD was the child of Claude GIRARD and Suzanne GUAY

Children of Joseph LABRECQUE and Suzanne GIRARD:

Charlotte LABRECQUE (b.25 December 1774, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 September 1843, Beaumont, Canada East )
m. Louis BOILARD 16 January 1798 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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1735 Birth
28 April 1735
Beaumont, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LABRECQUE and Suzanne GIRARD 4 February 1765, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 29 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Charlotte LABRECQUE was born 25 December 1774, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Joseph was 39 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.