Joseph LIRETTE

Born

18 May 1751 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

15 January 1823 , Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph-Louis HILERET (LIRETTE)Hélène LEROUX dite CARDINAL

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Joseph LIRETTE was born 18 May 1751 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph LIRETTE was the child of Joseph-Louis HILERET (LIRETTE) and Hélène LEROUX dite CARDINAL

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henri HILERET (HYLLERET) and Jeanne FORSAN (maternal) Ignace LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Hélène CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

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Joseph married Marguerite GOGUEN abt. 1785 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite GOGUEN was born 12 September 1767 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France. Marguerite died September 1829 in Barachois, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph GOGUEN and Anne Nanon ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU).

Joseph LIRETTE died 15 January 1823 in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, 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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Marguerite GOGUEN-- Date: abt. 1785 Place:
Marguerite GOGUEN was the child of Joseph GOGUEN and Anne Nanon ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Children of Joseph LIRETTE and Marguerite GOGUEN

Anne LIRETTE (b.abt. 1786, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 21 May 1859, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Alexis (Alexander) MCGRATH 1802 in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

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1751 Birth
18 May 1751
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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.

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.