Joseph PELLETIER

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10 December 1763 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 May 1822 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Joseph PELLETIER Marie-Josephte PARADIS

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Joseph PELLETIER was born 10 December 1763 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Josephte PARADIS

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Marie-Josephe LEVESQUE

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Joseph married Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ 6 November 1786 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ was born 21 September 1769 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Geneviève died 1 December 1831 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jean DIGE and Veronique LEVESQUE.

Joseph PELLETIER died 6 May 1822 in La Pocatière, 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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Joseph PELLETIER married

Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ-- Date: 6 November 1786 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ was the child of Jean DIGE and Veronique LEVESQUE

Children of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ

Angelique PELLETIER (b.7 January 1796, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 February 1858, Saint-Arsene, Canada)
m. Pierre-Antoine ROY dit LAUZIER 26 July 1819 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Victor PELLETIER (b.15 February 1806, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 22 January 1877, Beaumont, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite-Angelique MOREAU 10 November 1828 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Felicite PELLETIER (b.14 January 1808, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 4 May 1853, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East )
m. Marcel SIROIS 18 July 1826 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1763 Birth
10 December 1763
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Geneviève DIGÉ 6 November 1786, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 22 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Birth of Child
Angelique PELLETIER was born 7 January 1796, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Birth of Child
Victor PELLETIER was born 15 February 1806, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Felicite PELLETIER was born 14 January 1808, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 44 years old.

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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Angelique PELLETIER married 26 July 1819, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Pierre-Antoine ROY dit LAUZIER

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England