Died: 9 December 1819, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Joseph LAREAU
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Marriage date: 3 November 1735
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne NORMAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste NORMAND and Marie-Jeanne CHORET
Children of Joseph LAREAU and Marie-Anne NORMAND
Died: 9 December 1819, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 12 March 1831, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 24 March 1821, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Marriage date: 20 January 1753
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Louise LAFOREST (LEFORT) was the child of Jean LAFORT (LEFORT) dit LAFOREST and Marguerite DROUSSON
Children of Joseph LAREAU and Louise LAFOREST (LEFORT)
Died: 5 April 1841, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
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- 1760–1763
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- 1763–1791
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- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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5 February 1714
Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph LAREAU and Marie-Anne NORMAND 3 November 1735, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
He was 21 years old.

1735 Marriage Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1738 Birth of ChildJoseph-Antoine LAREAU was born 18 May 1738, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Joseph was 24 years old.
1739 Birth of ChildJoseph LAREAU was born 8 December 1739, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 25 years old.
1741 Birth of ChildMarie-Michelle-Anne LAREAU was born 29 September 1741, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 27 years old.
1743 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève LAREAU was born 7 September 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 29 years old.
1745 Birth of ChildMarie-Josephe LAREAU was born 17 June 1745, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 31 years old.
1747 Birth of ChildMarie-Angélique LAREAU was born 9 July 1747, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 33 years old.
1749 Birth of ChildMarie-Françoise LAREAU was born 14 September 1749, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 35 years old.
Marie-Anne NORMAND died 8 October 1751, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph LAREAU and Louise LAFOREST (LEFORT) 20 January 1753 , Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
He was 38 years old.
1754 Birth of ChildMichel LAREAU was born 21 May 1754, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 40 years old.
1755 Birth of ChildJoseph-Michel LAREAU was born 10 September 1755, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
Joseph was 41 years old.
1758 Birth of ChildMarguerite LAREAU was born 12 February 1758, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 44 years old.
1759 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite LAREAU was born 17 August 1759, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 45 years old.
1760 Birth of ChildAntoine LAREAU was born 6 October 1760, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Joseph was 46 years old.
Marie-Michelle-Anne LAREAU married 20 April 1761 , Chambly, Canada to Jacques ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE
Marie-Angélique LAREAU married 22 February 1762 , Repentigny, Canada to Charles PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR
Marie-Josephe LAREAU married 17 January 1763, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph DEMERS dit CHEVILLE
Joseph LAREAU married 11 February 1765 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Noelle PAQUET dite LARIVIERE
Marie-Geneviève LAREAU married 3 June 1765, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Louis PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)
Marie-Françoise LAREAU married 29 October 1765, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR
Joseph-Antoine LAREAU married 15 July 1771, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne FRECHETTE
Joseph-Michel LAREAU married 10 February 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise MÉNARD
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Antoine LAREAU married 27 November 1787, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Elisabeth ST-FRANCOIS
Louise LAFOREST (LEFORT) died 9 July 1799, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Death - Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly, Chambly, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
4 January 1803
Chambly, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 88.
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