Died: 25 March 1823, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Joseph BOURGELAS
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Born: 31 January 1731 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France
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Joseph married Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 27 November 1752 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was born 12 May 1734 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Brigitte-Dorothée died 10 August 1793 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Brigitte-Dorothée was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET.
Joseph BOURGELAS died 30 July 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Joseph BOURGELAS
Marriage date: 27 November 1752
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURET
Children of Joseph BOURGELAS and Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE
Died: 25 March 1823, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Died: 9 June 1836, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
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31 January 1731
La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Joseph BOURGELAS and Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE 27 November 1752, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada
He was 21 years old.
1762 Birth of ChildBrigitte BOURGELAS was born 27 November 1762, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada
Joseph was 31 years old.
1766 Birth of ChildMarie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS was born 6 January 1766, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
Joseph was 34 years old.
Brigitte BOURGELAS married 11 November 1782, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre FOURNIER
The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
30 July 1788
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 57.
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