Joseph TURCOTTE

Born

13 May 1715 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

12 May 1791 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)Marguerite LEPAGE

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Born: 13 May 1715 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Mother: Marguerite LEPAGE

Paternal grandparents: Abel TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Marie-Isabelle GIRAUD dite GIROUX

Maternal grandparents: Louis LEPAGE , Sebastienne LOIGNON

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Joseph married Felicite CHARLAND 15 February 1740 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite CHARLAND was born 15 August 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Felicite died 23 March 1789 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Pierre CHARLAND and Jeanne GUILLEMET.

Joseph TURCOTTE died 12 May 1791 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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 TURCOTTE married

Felicite CHARLAND
Marriage date: 15 February 1740
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Felicite CHARLAND was the child of Pierre CHARLAND and Jeanne GUILLEMET

Children of Joseph TURCOTTE and Felicite CHARLAND

Rose TURCOTTE

Born: 14 February 1741, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 10 October 1804, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE 25 October 1762 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1715
13 May 1715
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TURCOTTE and Felicite CHARLAND 15 February 1740, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Rose TURCOTTE was born 14 February 1741, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 25 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Rose TURCOTTE married 25 October 1762, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE

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.