Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX

Born

15 October 1743 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Died

17 February 1819 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX

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Born: 15 October 1743 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Parents of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX

Father

Louis LEROUX

Mother

Françoise BILODEAU

Grandparents of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit CARDINAL Angelique PLANTE

Maternal grandparents

Antoine BILODEAU Angelique LEPAGE

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

Louis-Joseph-Marie married Marie-Claire GENDRON 5 March 1764 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Claire GENDRON was born 20 April 1730 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Marie-Claire died 26 October 1799 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Marie-Claire was the child of François GENDRON and Marie-Françoise BILODEAU.

Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX died 17 February 1819 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX

Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX married

Marie-Claire GENDRON
Marriage date: 5 March 1764
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Claire GENDRON was the child of François GENDRON and Marie-Françoise BILODEAU

Children of Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX and Marie-Claire GENDRON

Marie-Louise LEROUX

Born: abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste GOUZY (GOUGY) 7 January 1788 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1743
15 October 1743
Berthier-sur-Mer, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph-Marie LEROUX and Marie-Claire GENDRON 5 March 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 20 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEROUX married 7 January 1788, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste GOUZY (GOUGY)

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

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

1799 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Claire GENDRON died 26 October 1799, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1819
17 February 1819
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 75.

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