Joseph-Marie MORNEAU

(b. 10 June 1733 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1799 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie MORNEAU was born 10 June 1733 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie MORNEAU was the child of François MORNEAU and Angélique BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MORNEAU and Geneviève TRUT (maternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY)

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

Joseph-Marie married Marie-Louise GAMACHE 13 June 1757 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise GAMACHE was born 31 January 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Louise died 24 February 1808 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Louis GAMACHE and Madeleine THIBAULT.

Joseph-Marie MORNEAU died 22 May 1799 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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-Marie MORNEAU married

Marie-Louise GAMACHE-- Date: 13 June 1757 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise GAMACHE was the child of Louis GAMACHE and Madeleine THIBAULT

Children of Joseph-Marie MORNEAU and Marie-Louise GAMACHE:

Marie-Anne MORNEAU (b.26 June 1768, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 March 1816, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre BLANCHET 1 October 1787 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel MORNEAU (b.7 January 1770, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 March 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Elisabeth JEAN 5 November 1799 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1733 Birth
10 June 1733
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie MORNEAU and Marie-Louise GAMACHE 13 June 1757, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 24 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MORNEAU was born 26 June 1768, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 35 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Michel MORNEAU was born 7 January 1770, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 36 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.