Joseph DENIS

Born

2 June 1762 , La Prairie, Canada

Died

31 October 1826 , Cornwall, Upper Canada

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Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE

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Joseph DENIS was born 2 June 1762 in La Prairie, Canada

Joseph DENIS was the child of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS and Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Marie DANIS (maternal) Charles RAINVILLE and Marie Marguerite GODIN

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Joseph married Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET 25 June 1798 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET was born abt. 1787 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth died 23 October 1863 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth was the child of Nicolas JUILLET and Marie-Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS.

Joseph DENIS died 31 October 1826 in Cornwall, Upper 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 DENIS married

Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET-- Date: 25 June 1798 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET was the child of Nicolas JUILLET and Marie-Françoise HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

Children of Joseph DENIS and Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET

Olivier DENIS (DENNY) (b.abt. 1822, Cornwall, Upper Canada d. 1 December 1886, Ogdensburg, New York, USA)
m. Rose Delima Rachel GRAVEL 27 October 1844 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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1762 Birth
2 June 1762
La Prairie, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DENIS and Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET 25 June 1798, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 36 years old.

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

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)