Joseph-Noël PROVOST

(b. 3 January 1735 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 24 July 1792 , Repentigny, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Noël PROVOST was born 3 January 1735 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Joseph-Noël PROVOST was the child of Noel PROVOST and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Michel PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie-Catherine BONHOMME (maternal) Nicolas HAN dit CHAUSSE and Marie-Louise-Geneviève LAPORTE

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Joseph-Noël married Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE 18 August 1760 in Lavaltrie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE was born 12 October 1739 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 19 May 1767 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL.

Joseph-Noël PROVOST died 24 July 1792 in Repentigny, 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-Noël PROVOST married

Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE-- Date: 18 August 1760 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE was the child of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL

Children of Joseph-Noël PROVOST and Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE:

Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL (b.25 May 1761, Lavaltrie, Canada d. 24 September 1797, Lanoraie, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Nicolas BONIN dit STE-MARIE 1778

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1735 Birth
3 January 1735
Verchères, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Noël PROVOST and Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE 18 August 1760, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 25 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL was born 25 May 1761, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Joseph-Noël was 26 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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE died 19 May 1767, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.