Joseph JOLY

(b. 22 March 1719 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1785 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph JOLY was born 22 March 1719 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Anne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas JOLY and Françoise HUNEAULT (maternal) Jacques RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Marie GEOFFRION (JOFFRION)

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

Joseph married Marie DESJARDINS 26 November 1742 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie DESJARDINS was born 12 August 1721 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie was the child of Roch DESJARDINS and Marie BOULARD dite CAMBRAI.

Joseph JOLY died 4 October 1785 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, 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 JOLY married

Marie DESJARDINS-- Date: 26 November 1742 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie DESJARDINS was the child of Roch DESJARDINS and Marie BOULARD dite CAMBRAI

Children of Joseph JOLY and Marie DESJARDINS:

Marie-Josephte JOLY (b.17 January 1747, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Armand CADIEUX 18 October 1762 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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1719 Birth
22 March 1719
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY and Marie DESJARDINS 26 November 1742, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 23 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte JOLY was born 17 January 1747, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte JOLY married 18 October 1762, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Armand CADIEUX

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.