Joseph ROBERGE

Born

6 October 1716 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

26 October 1791 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Joseph ROBERGE Geneviève LEDUC

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Born: 6 October 1716 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph ROBERGE

Mother: Geneviève LEDUC

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROBERGE dit LAPIERRE , Françoise LOIGNON

Maternal grandparents: René LEDUC , Anne GENDREAU

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Joseph married Cecile LEFEBVRE 17 October 1740 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile LEFEBVRE was born 25 November 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Cecile died 10 April 1805 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Cecile was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Josephe PARENT.

Joseph ROBERGE died 26 October 1791 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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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Cecile LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: 17 October 1740
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Cecile LEFEBVRE was the child of Jacques LEFEBVRE and Marie-Josephe PARENT

Children of Joseph ROBERGE and Cecile LEFEBVRE

Louis ROBERGE

Born: 3 August 1754, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Died: 25 May 1839, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite COUTURE 11 June 1781 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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Birth — 1716
6 October 1716
Québec, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBERGE and Cecile LEFEBVRE 17 October 1740, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 24 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Louis ROBERGE was born 3 August 1754, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Joseph was 37 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Louis ROBERGE married 11 June 1781, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Marguerite COUTURE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)