Joseph-Louis MENARD

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12 March 1724 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

6 January 1803 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Claude MENARD Francoise VACHON

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Born: 12 March 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Claude MENARD

Mother: Francoise VACHON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MENARD dit DESLAURIERS , Marie-Madeleine ROYER dite BAUGIS

Maternal grandparents: Vincent VACHON , Louise CADIEUX

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Joseph-Louis married Elisabeth TOUPIN 21 February 1746 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth TOUPIN was born 27 September 1710 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Elisabeth died 3 June 1760 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Elisabeth was the child of Ignace-François TOUPIN and Marie-Elisabeth DUPRAC.

Joseph-Louis MENARD died 6 January 1803 in Québec, 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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Joseph-Louis MENARD married

Elisabeth TOUPIN
Marriage date: 21 February 1746
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Elisabeth TOUPIN was the child of Ignace-François TOUPIN and Marie-Elisabeth DUPRAC

Children of Joseph-Louis MENARD and Elisabeth TOUPIN

Jacques MENARD

Born: 24 November 1750, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 18 September 1796, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Therese DESMARAIS 1 July 1783 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1724
12 March 1724
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis MENARD and Elisabeth TOUPIN 21 February 1746, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 21 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Jacques MENARD was born 24 November 1750, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Joseph-Louis was 26 years old.

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth TOUPIN died 3 June 1760, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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
Jacques MENARD married 1 July 1783, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Therese DESMARAIS

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)

1796 Death of Child
Jacques MENARD died 18 September 1796, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph-Louis was 72 years old.

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

Death — 1803
6 January 1803
Québec, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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