Marie-Josephe CARON

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12 March 1740 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

14 November 1804 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Louis CARON Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX

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Born: 12 March 1740 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Louis CARON

Mother: Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX

Paternal grandparents: Joseph CARON , Elisabeth BERNIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis LEMIEUX , Geneviève FORTIN

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Marie-Josephe married Joseph COUILLARD 8 November 1762 in L'Islet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph COUILLARD was born 25 May 1738 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Joseph died 7 January 1822 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Joseph was the child of Joseph COUILLARD and Marie-Marthe BELANGER.

Marie-Josephe CARON died 14 November 1804 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
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Marie-Josephe CARON married

Joseph COUILLARD
Marriage date: 8 November 1762
Marriage place: L'Islet, Canada
Joseph COUILLARD was the child of Joseph COUILLARD and Marie-Marthe BELANGER

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 — 1740
12 March 1740
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

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

She was 22 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)

Marie-Josephe was 23 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)

Marie-Josephe was 34 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)