Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

Born

30 May 1750 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

12 January 1824 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

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Born: 30 May 1750 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

Father

Jean-Baptiste BOISSONNEAU

Mother

Marie-Josephte DEMEULES

Grandparents of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

Paternal grandparents

Jean BOISSONNEAU Marguerite-Catherine CHORET

Maternal grandparents

Joseph DEMEULES Catherine DUBEAU

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

Joseph-Marie married Madeleine BLOUIN 3 October 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BLOUIN was born 8 August 1765 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Charles BLOUIN and Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU died 12 January 1824 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU

Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU married

Madeleine BLOUIN
Marriage date: 3 October 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine BLOUIN was the child of Charles BLOUIN and Madeleine TREMBLAY

Children of Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN

Suzanne BOISSONNEAU

Born: abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean BOUCHER 24 October 1826 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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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 — 1750
30 May 1750
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie BOISSONNEAU and Madeleine BLOUIN 3 October 1785, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 35 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England