Joseph DORÉ

(b. 5 December 1717 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1787 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph DORÉ was born 5 December 1717 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Joseph DORÉ was the child of Louis DORÉ and Catherine COQUIN dite LATOURELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis DORÉ and Jeanne DÉFOSSÉ (maternal) Pierre-Jean COQUIN dit LATOURELLE and Catherine BEAUDIN

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte GINGRAS 25 January 1740 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte GINGRAS was born 2 October 1719 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 22 October 1795 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph GINGRAS and Marie-Anne TINON dite DESROCHES.

Joseph DORÉ died 6 April 1787 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph DORÉ married

Marie-Josephte GINGRAS-- Date: 25 January 1740 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte GINGRAS was the child of Joseph GINGRAS and Marie-Anne TINON dite DESROCHES

Children of Joseph DORÉ and Marie-Josephte GINGRAS:

Josephte DORÉ (b.16 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1813, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)
m. Raphael CANTIN (QUENTIN) 2 March 1772 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Etienne DORÉ (b.2 May 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 24 August 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Joseph SIMARD 21 November 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1717 Birth
5 December 1717
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DORÉ and Marie-Josephte GINGRAS 25 January 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Josephte DORÉ was born 16 November 1740, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 22 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Etienne DORÉ was born 2 May 1744, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Josephte DORÉ married 2 March 1772, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Raphael CANTIN (QUENTIN)

1774 Marriage of Child
Etienne DORÉ married 21 November 1774, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Joseph SIMARD

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.