Louis-Joseph DELISLE

(b. July 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 July 1785 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Joseph DELISLE was born July 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis-Joseph DELISLE was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Madeleine TOUPIN dite DUSAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DELISLE and Marie-Catherine FAUCHER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Madeleine TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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

Louis-Joseph married Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX 29 September 1749 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX was born 29 December 1728 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Gertrude died 31 January 1803 in St-Henri, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Gertrude was the child of Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN.

Louis-Joseph DELISLE died 7 July 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Louis-Joseph DELISLE married

Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX-- Date: 29 September 1749 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX was the child of Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

Children of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX:

Madeleine DELISLE (b.12 August 1751, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1829, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre FONTAINE 18 May 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Isaac DELISLE (b.31 January 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 25 December 1832, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Francoise CURODEAU 23 February 1784 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE (b.14 February 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 December 1838, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Noel FONTAINE 21 November 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Louis-Abraham DELISLE (b.28 January 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 November 1832, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE 1 February 1819 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1724 Birth
July 1724
Québec Province, Canada

1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX 29 September 1749, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Madeleine DELISLE was born 12 August 1751, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis-Joseph was 27 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Isaac DELISLE was born 31 January 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Joseph was 36 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE was born 14 February 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Joseph was 38 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Louis-Abraham DELISLE was born 28 January 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Joseph was 41 years old.

1768 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DELISLE married 18 May 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Pierre FONTAINE

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Salomee DELISLE married 21 November 1780, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Pierre-Noel FONTAINE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Isaac DELISLE married 23 February 1784, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Francoise CURODEAU