HELP! flag male ancestor  Joseph  SURPRENANT

  (b. 5 September 1807 L'Acadie, Lower Canada   d. 31 August 1901 Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph SURPRENANT was born 5 September 1807 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Joseph SURPRENANT was the child of Pierre SURPRENANT   and   Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne ROBERT (maternal)  Gabriel GERVAIS and Marie-Anne-Amable BABEU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph  married  Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) 6 June 1831 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 9 children. Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)  was born 5 February 1812 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).  Josephte was the child of Amable CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) and Josephte MONBLEAU dite LATULIPPE.

Joseph SURPRENANT died 31 August 1901 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Joseph SURPRENANT

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Joseph SURPRENANT married flag female ancestor Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)-- Date: 6 June 1831 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal


Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was the child of Amable CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) and Josephte MONBLEAU dite LATULIPPE




Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec


Children of Joseph SURPRENANT and Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX):

flag female ancestor Josephte SURPRENANT (b.12 March 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada   d. 1 February 1912, La Patrie, Quebec, Canada)

flag baby boy ancestor Joseph SURPRENANT (b.15 April 1834, L'Acadie, Lower Canada   d. 1 August 1835, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

flag female ancestor Marguerite SURPRENANT (b.8 November 1836, L'Acadie, Lower Canada   d. 11 July 1881, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada )

flag male ancestor Joseph Romuald "Remi" SURPRENANT (b.6 February 1839, L'Acadie, Lower Canada   d. 11 April 1917, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada)
m. Euphemie BISAILLON 10 November 1857 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

flag female ancestor Odile SURPRENANT (b.24 April 1842, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada  d. 29 November 1902, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

flag female ancestor Sophie SURPRENANT (b.29 May 1844, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada  d. 15 April 1917, Ste-Christine, Quebec, Canada)

flag male ancestor Theophile SURPRENANT (b.13 March 1846, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada  d. 27 January 1923, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

flag female ancestor Marie-Ovile SURPRENANT (b.8 October 1849, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada  d. 12 January 1928, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada )

flag baby boy ancestor Joseph SURPRENANT (b.16 July 1855, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada  d. 9 November 1857, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Lower Canada)



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birth1807 Birth
5 September 1807
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SURPRENANT and Josephte CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) 6 June 1831, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.
1832 Birth of Child
Josephte SURPRENANT was born 12 March 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Joseph was 24 years old.
1834 Birth of Child
Joseph SURPRENANT was born 15 April 1834, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 26 years old.
1835 Death of Child
Joseph SURPRENANT died 1 August 1835, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 27 years old.
1836 Birth of Child
Marguerite SURPRENANT was born 8 November 1836, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 29 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Birth of Child
Joseph Romuald "Remi" SURPRENANT was born 6 February 1839, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 31 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Birth of Child
Odile SURPRENANT was born 24 April 1842, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 34 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Birth of Child
Sophie SURPRENANT was born 29 May 1844, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 36 years old.
1846 Birth of Child
Theophile SURPRENANT was born 13 March 1846, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 years old.
1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Ovile SURPRENANT was born 8 October 1849, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 42 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Birth of Child
Joseph SURPRENANT was born 16 July 1855, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 47 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1857 Death of Child
Joseph SURPRENANT died 9 November 1857, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 50 years old.
marriage1857 Marriage of Child
Joseph Romuald "Remi" SURPRENANT married 10 November 1857, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada to Euphemie BISAILLON
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1881 Death of Child
Marguerite SURPRENANT died 11 July 1881, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Joseph was 73 years old.
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1901 Death
31 August 1901
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 94.
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