Joseph DROLET

Born

19 March 1767 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 May 1818 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

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Born: 19 March 1767 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Joseph DROLET

Father

Joseph-Lucien DROLET

Mother

Angélique MOISAN

Grandparents of Joseph DROLET

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste DROLET Josephte-Catherine VERRET

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Etienne MOISAN Madeleine MATHIEU

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

Joseph married Marie ROBITAILLE 29 January 1798 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada . Marie ROBITAILLE was born 9 December 1769 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie died 1 July 1854 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East . Marie was the child of Jean-Marie ROBITAILLE and Agathe GAUVIN.

Joseph DROLET died 14 May 1818 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph DROLET

Joseph DROLET married

Marie ROBITAILLE
Marriage date: 29 January 1798
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
Marie ROBITAILLE was the child of Jean-Marie ROBITAILLE and Agathe GAUVIN

Children of Joseph DROLET and Marie ROBITAILLE

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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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Birth — 1767
19 March 1767
L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DROLET and Marie ROBITAILLE 29 January 1798, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 30 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)