Joseph COUILLARD

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25 May 1738 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

7 January 1822 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Joseph COUILLARD Marie-Marthe BELANGER

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Born: 25 May 1738 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph COUILLARD

Mother: Marie-Marthe BELANGER

Paternal grandparents: Louis COUILLARD , Marie FORTIN

Maternal grandparents: Louis BELANGER , Marguerite LEFRANCOIS

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Joseph married Marie-Josephe CARON 8 November 1762 in L'Islet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe CARON was born 12 March 1740 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Josephe died 14 November 1804 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Josephe was the child of Louis CARON and Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX.

Joseph COUILLARD died 7 January 1822 in L'Islet, 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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Marie-Josephe CARON
Marriage date: 8 November 1762
Marriage place: L'Islet, Canada
Marie-Josephe CARON was the child of Louis CARON and Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX

Children of Joseph COUILLARD and Marie-Josephe CARON

Josephte COUILLARD

Born: 10 September 1763, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 29 January 1825, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Bonaventure NORMAND 16 February 1784 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Marthe COUILLARD

Born: 20 February 1775, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph LEBOURDAIS 14 July 1807 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1738
25 May 1738
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COUILLARD and Marie-Josephe CARON 8 November 1762, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 24 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Josephte COUILLARD was born 10 September 1763, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Marthe COUILLARD was born 20 February 1775, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Joseph was 36 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Josephte COUILLARD married 16 February 1784, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Bonaventure NORMAND

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)

1804 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe CARON died 14 November 1804, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marthe COUILLARD married 14 July 1807, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Joseph LEBOURDAIS

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

Death — 1822
7 January 1822
L'Islet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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