Joseph-Antoine LAREAU

(b. 18 May 1738 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 9 December 1819 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Antoine LAREAU was born 18 May 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph-Antoine LAREAU was the child of Joseph LAREAU and Marie-Anne NORMAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel LAREAU and Marie-Agnes PILOTE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste NORMAND and Marie-Jeanne CHORET

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

Joseph-Antoine married Marie-Anne FRECHETTE 15 July 1771 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children. Marie-Anne FRECHETTE was born 28 March 1749 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne died 24 July 1803 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT.

Joseph-Antoine LAREAU died 9 December 1819 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Joseph-Antoine LAREAU married

Marie-Anne FRECHETTE-- Date: 15 July 1771 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Anne FRECHETTE was the child of Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT

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Children of Joseph-Antoine LAREAU and Marie-Anne FRECHETTE:

Marie-Anne LAREAU (b.27 June 1772, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 March 1810, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BOUCHER 21 January 1793 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Antoine LAREAU (b.1 July 1773, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 October 1773, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )

Michel LAREAU (b.8 July 1774, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 October 1833, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Louise BESSETTE 8 August 1803 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Louise LAREAU (b.28 October 1775, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Jean-Louis BOUCHER 30 August 1802 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Antoine LAREAU (b.25 March 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1815, )
m. Elisabeth Marie HEBERT 25 June 1804 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Desanges LAREAU (b.3 February 1779, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1779, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )

Laurent LAREAU (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 September 1813, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine Marie HEBERT 19 November 1804 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Françoise LAREAU (b.2 March 1783, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Marie LAREAU (b.27 June 1786, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU (b.13 August 1787, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 November 1848, St. Gregoire, Iberville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Françoise HEBERT 14 October 1808 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Henry-Marie LAREAU (b.6 May 1789, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 June 1789, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marguerite LAREAU (b.9 September 1792, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. abt. 1813, )
m. Jean Baptiste VANIER 21 June 1813 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Sylvestre-Noel LAREAU (b.25 December 1793, Chambly, Lower Canada d. , )

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1738 Birth
18 May 1738
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Joseph-Antoine LAREAU - 1738 Baptism. Notre-Dame de-Quebec, Quebec

1738 Baptism. Notre-Dame de-Quebec, Quebec

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Antoine LAREAU and Marie-Anne FRECHETTE 15 July 1771, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 33 years old.

Joseph-Antoine LAREAU - 1771 Marriage. St-Joseph, Chambly, Quebec, Canada.

1771 Marriage. St-Joseph, Chambly, Quebec, Canada.

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1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LAREAU was born 27 June 1772, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 34 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Antoine LAREAU was born 1 July 1773, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 35 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Michel LAREAU was born 8 July 1774, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 36 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LAREAU was born 28 October 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 37 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Antoine LAREAU was born 25 March 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 38 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges LAREAU was born 3 February 1779, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 40 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise LAREAU was born 2 March 1783, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 44 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie LAREAU was born 27 June 1786, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 48 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU was born 13 August 1787, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Joseph-Antoine was 49 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Henry-Marie LAREAU was born 6 May 1789, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 51 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marguerite LAREAU was born 9 September 1792, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Joseph-Antoine was 54 years old.

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LAREAU married 21 January 1793, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Joseph BOUCHER

1793 Birth of Child
Sylvestre-Noel LAREAU was born 25 December 1793, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 55 years old.

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LAREAU married 30 August 1802, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Jean-Louis BOUCHER

1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne FRECHETTE died 24 July 1803, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

1803 Marriage of Child
Michel LAREAU married 8 August 1803, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie Louise BESSETTE

1804 Marriage of Child
Antoine LAREAU married 25 June 1804, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Elisabeth Marie HEBERT

1804 Marriage of Child
Laurent LAREAU married 19 November 1804, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Catherine Marie HEBERT

1808 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie-Jacques LAREAU married 14 October 1808, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie-Françoise HEBERT

1810 Death of Child
Marie-Anne LAREAU died 21 March 1810, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Joseph-Antoine was 71 years old.

1813 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LAREAU married 21 June 1813, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Jean Baptiste VANIER

1813 Death of Child
Laurent LAREAU died 19 September 1813, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Joseph-Antoine was 75 years old.

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.