Joseph PETIT

Born

abt. 1785 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

22 October 1850 , La Présentation, Canada East

Parents & Family of Joseph PETIT

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Born: abt. 1785 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Joseph PETIT

Father

Joachim PETIT

Mother

Marie-Louise JACQUES

Grandparents of Joseph PETIT

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste PETIT Marguerite PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas-Ignace JACQUES Marie-Rose LARUE dite DESPLAINES

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

Joseph married Reine LUSSIER 22 February 1819 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Reine LUSSIER was born 19 February 1798 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Reine died 15 January 1835 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . Reine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Victoire BORDUAS.

Joseph PETIT died 22 October 1850 in La Présentation, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph PETIT

Joseph PETIT married

Reine LUSSIER
Marriage date: 22 February 1819
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Reine LUSSIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUSSIER and Victoire BORDUAS

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Children of Joseph PETIT and Reine LUSSIER

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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

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

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PETIT and Reine LUSSIER 22 February 1819, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England