Jean-Joseph POTHIER

(b. 15 May 1731 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1800 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Joseph POTHIER was born 15 May 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Joseph POTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Anne CREVIER dite BELLERIVE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS (maternal) Claude CREVIER dit BELLERIVE and Marie-Jeanne PETIT

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Jean-Joseph married Marie-Madeleine CADORET 26 October 1760 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine CADORET was born 2 November 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre CADORET and Charlotte MARANDA.

Jean-Joseph POTHIER died 28 April 1800 in Berthierville, 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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Marie-Madeleine CADORET-- Date: 26 October 1760 Place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada*
Marie-Madeleine CADORET was the child of Pierre CADORET and Charlotte MARANDA

Children of Jean-Joseph POTHIER and Marie-Madeleine CADORET:

Charlotte POTHIER (b.17 September 1762, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada* d. 18 July 1851, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East )
m. Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS 27 January 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1731 Birth
15 May 1731
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Joseph POTHIER and Marie-Madeleine CADORET 26 October 1760, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

He was 29 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Charlotte POTHIER was born 17 September 1762, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Jean-Joseph was 31 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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Charlotte POTHIER married 27 January 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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)