Joseph BRUNEAU

(b. 22 January 1735 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1776 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph BRUNEAU was born 22 January 1735 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph BRUNEAU was the child of François BRUNEAU and Marie-Madeleine L'ESPINAY (LEPINE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BRUNEAU and Marie-Madeleine BOURGOIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste L'ESPINAY (LEPINE) and Marie-Françoise VACHON

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Joseph married Louise-Angelique GIROUX 28 January 1754 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louise-Angelique GIROUX was born 31 March 1737 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Louise-Angelique died 11 June 1776 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Louise-Angelique was the child of Joseph GIROUX and Marie-Geneviève TOUPIN.

Joseph BRUNEAU died 2 June 1776 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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 BRUNEAU married

Louise-Angelique GIROUX-- Date: 28 January 1754 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Louise-Angelique GIROUX was the child of Joseph GIROUX and Marie-Geneviève TOUPIN

Children of Joseph BRUNEAU and Louise-Angelique GIROUX:

Madeleine BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Paul BEDARD 5 February 1781 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Pierre BRUNEAU (b.27 March 1775, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte VALOIS 11 August 1800 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
22 January 1735
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRUNEAU and Louise-Angelique GIROUX 28 January 1754, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 19 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 Birth of Child
Pierre BRUNEAU was born 27 March 1775, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Joseph was 40 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.