Pierre JONCAS

(b. 15 June 1727 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1807 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Pierre JONCAS was born 15 June 1727 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Pierre JONCAS was the child of Pierre JONCAS and Marie-Marthe FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JONCAS and Louise NOLIN (maternal) Louis FOURNIER and Marie-Jeanne CARON

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Pierre married Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN 22 February 1751 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN was born 12 July 1722 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe-Madeleine died 9 January 1797 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Josephe-Madeleine was the child of François-Lucien MARTIN and Marie-Françoise AUTIN.

Pierre JONCAS died 18 March 1807 in L'Islet, 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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Pierre JONCAS married

Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN was the child of François-Lucien MARTIN and Marie-Françoise AUTIN

Children of Pierre JONCAS and Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN:

Pierre JONCAS (b.29 July 1754, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1840, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve CLOUTIER 23 February 1778 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1727 Birth
15 June 1727
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Pierre JONCAS and Marie-Josephe-Madeleine MARTIN 22 February 1751, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre JONCAS was born 29 July 1754, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre was 27 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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Pierre JONCAS married 23 February 1778, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Genevieve CLOUTIER

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)