Joseph POIRIER

Born

22 August 1749 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Died

27 July 1823 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Jacques POIRIER Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD

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Born: 22 August 1749 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques POIRIER

Mother: Marie LAROCQUE dite COUILLARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph POIRIER dit DESLOGES , Marie-Josephte-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite SAGUINGOIRA

Maternal grandparents: Louis COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE , Marie-Madeleine SABOURIN

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Joseph married Francoise CHARBONNEAU 18 May 1772 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . Francoise CHARBONNEAU was born 10 July 1751 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Francoise died 10 August 1832 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Francoise was the child of Jean CHARBONNEAU and Barbe SEGUIN.

Joseph POIRIER died 27 July 1823 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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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Francoise CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: 18 May 1772
Marriage place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise CHARBONNEAU was the child of Jean CHARBONNEAU and Barbe SEGUIN

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Birth — 1749
22 August 1749
Sainte-Geneviève, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Joseph POIRIER and Francoise CHARBONNEAU 18 May 1772, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.