Joseph BEDARD

(b. 11 December 1758 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1811 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BEDARD was born 11 December 1758 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Joseph BEDARD was the child of Bernard-Thomas BEDARD and Jeanne BLONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard BEDARD and Marguerite PARENT (maternal) François BLONDEAU and Jeanne-Veronique ROY

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

Joseph married Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN 9 November 1784 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was born 17 February 1768 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Angélique died 3 September 1831 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Angélique was the child of Louis-Charles BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite TRUDEL.

Joseph BEDARD died 1 March 1811 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower 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 BEDARD married

Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN-- Date: 9 November 1784 Place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was the child of Louis-Charles BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite TRUDEL

Children of Joseph BEDARD and Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN:

Charles BEDARD (b.6 March 1800, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada d. 2 May 1879, St-Stanislas, Champlain, Quebec, Canada)
m. Sophie MARCOTTE 14 April 1828 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Olivier BEDARD (b.abt. 1809, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 April 1873, Napierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Archange BISSONNETTE 7 June 1831 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1758 Birth
11 December 1758
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BEDARD and Marie-Angélique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN 9 November 1784, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 25 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)

1800 Birth of Child
Charles BEDARD was born 6 March 1800, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Joseph was 41 years old.