flag male ancestor  Joseph  TURCOT

  (b. 2 May 1773 Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 20 August 1855 Trois-Rivières, Canada East )  

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Joseph TURCOT was born 2 May 1773 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph TURCOT was the child of Augustin TURCOT   and   Madeleine-Marguerite VAILLANCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Simon TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marie-Madeleine GODBOUT (maternal)  Claude VAILLANCOURT and Madeleine RATTÉ (RATE)

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Joseph  married  Marguerite MARCHILDON 21 November 1802 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MARCHILDON  was born 23 February 1784 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier).  Marguerite died 11 June 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Marguerite was the child of Joseph MARCHILDON and Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT.

Joseph TURCOT died 20 August 1855 in Trois-Rivières, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1773 Birth
2 May 1773
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1802 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TURCOT and Marguerite MARCHILDON 21 November 1802, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 29 years old.
1804 Birth of Child
Marie-Emilie TURCOT was born 8 October 1804, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph was 31 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1821 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emilie TURCOT married 5 March 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Gabriel BEAUBIEN dit TROTTIER
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite MARCHILDON died 11 June 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
20 August 1855
Trois-Rivières, Canada East

He died at the age of 82.


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