Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU

(b. 8 July 1746 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 20 December 1797 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU was born 8 July 1746 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU was the child of Alexis ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) and Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ROCHEREAU and Marie-Madeleine THIFFAULT (maternal) Edmond LEVESQUE and Marie-Anne MORAND

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

Joseph-Alexis married Marguerite BIGUET 12 October 1773 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BIGUET was born 8 September 1754 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marguerite died 13 April 1835 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marguerite was the child of Pierre BIGUET dit NOBERT and Elisabeth GUILLET dite CINQMARS.

Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU died 20 December 1797 in La-Pérade, 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-Alexis ROCHELEAU married

Marguerite BIGUET-- Date: 12 October 1773 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite BIGUET was the child of Pierre BIGUET dit NOBERT and Elisabeth GUILLET dite CINQMARS

Children of Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU and Marguerite BIGUET:

Marie-Josephte ROCHELEAU (b.13 May 1780, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 October 1851, Saint-Casimir, Canada East)
m. Joseph-Pierre LAQUERRE 23 May 1803 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1746 Birth
8 July 1746
La-Pérade, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Alexis ROCHELEAU and Marguerite BIGUET 12 October 1773, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 27 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROCHELEAU was born 13 May 1780, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph-Alexis was 33 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)