Joseph METHOT

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15 February 1746 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

9 January 1815 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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Joseph METHOT Josephte PICORON dite DESCOTEAUX

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Born: 15 February 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph METHOT

Mother: Josephte PICORON dite DESCOTEAUX

Paternal grandparents: Joseph METHOT , Helene-Marie NORMAND

Maternal grandparents: Henri PICORON dit DESCOTEAUX , Marguerite MARTIN

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Joseph married Marie-Louise CHARTRE 6 November 1769 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was born 26 August 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 15 May 1834 in Perce, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jacques-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise RANCIN.

Joseph METHOT died 9 January 1815 in Trois-Rivières, 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-Louise CHARTRE
Marriage date: 6 November 1769
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise CHARTRE was the child of Jacques-Francois CHARTRE and Marie-Louise RANCIN

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Marie-Anne METHOT

Born: 22 November 1773, L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 4 October 1815, Bonaventure, Lower Canada

Married: Abraham BEAUDIN 17 September 1793

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Birth — 1746
15 February 1746
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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Joseph METHOT and Marie-Louise CHARTRE 6 November 1769, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne METHOT was born 22 November 1773, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Joseph was 27 years old.

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.