Joseph TOUGAS

Born

14 March 1743 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

11 December 1793 , Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Territory

Joseph married Jeanne Marie CARDINAL abt. 1774 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne Marie CARDINAL was born 17 March 1756 in Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory. Jeanne Marie died 24 July 1822 in Old Rochester, Wabash, Illinois, USA. Jeanne Marie was the child of Jean Baptiste CARDINAL and Marie Anne MALLET .

Parents & Family of Joseph TOUGAS

Parents of Joseph TOUGAS

Father

Guillaume TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE

Mother

Marie-Anne QUINTAL

Grandparents of Joseph TOUGAS

Paternal grandparents

Guillaume TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE Marie BRAZEAU

Maternal grandparents

Francois QUINTAL Marie GUERTIN

Joseph had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph TOUGAS

Joseph TOUGAS married

Jeanne Marie CARDINAL
Marriage date: abt. 1774
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Jeanne Marie CARDINAL was the child of Jean Baptiste CARDINAL and Marie Anne MALLET

Children of Joseph TOUGAS and Jeanne Marie CARDINAL

Joseph TOUGAS

Born: 18 October 1774,
Died: 7 November 1811, Prophetstown, Indiana Territory

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1743
14 March 1743
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

Revolutionary War

TOUGAS, JOSEPH
Ancestor #: A115191
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 3-15-1743 BOUCHERVILLE CANADA
Death: 12-11-1793 POST VINCENNES NORTHWEST TERRITORY
Service Source: JAMES, IL HIST COLLS, VOL 8. GEO ROGERS CLARK PAPERS, P 56
Service Description: 1) SIGNER OF VINCENNES OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778

RESIDENCE
1) State: CANADA
2) City: POST VINCENNES - County: ILLINOIS CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE
JEANNE MARIE CARDINAL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)