Joseph DEFOY

(b. 6 April 1736 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1810 , Mascouche, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DEFOY was born 6 April 1736 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Joseph DEFOY was the child of Charles DEFOY and Angelique BROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis DEFOY and Marie-Charlotte EBERT (HEBERT) (CHAREBERT) (maternal) Jean BROUSSEAU and Anne GRESLON

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Joseph married Marie-Louise LABERGE 12 January 1756 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LABERGE was born 6 September 1722 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 15 June 1799 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre LABERGE and Marguerite PARÉ.

Joseph DEFOY died 7 March 1810 in Mascouche, 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 DEFOY married

Marie-Louise LABERGE-- Date: 12 January 1756 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LABERGE was the child of Pierre LABERGE and Marguerite PARÉ

Children of Joseph DEFOY and Marie-Louise LABERGE:

Joseph DEFOY (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 May 1829, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte ETHIER 27 June 1791 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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1736 Birth
6 April 1736
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DEFOY and Marie-Louise LABERGE 12 January 1756, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 19 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.

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.