Joseph BROUSSEAU

(b. 30 June 1730 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1814 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BROUSSEAU was born 30 June 1730 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Joseph BROUSSEAU was the child of Jean-Louis BROUSSEAU and Felicite PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BROUSSEAU and Anne GRESLON (maternal) Jean PROULX and Catherine PINEL

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Joseph married Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS 30 July 1764 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS was born abt. 1749 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 16 September 1819 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie was the child of François-Augustin GLADU dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHER.

Joseph BROUSSEAU died 29 March 1814 in Berthierville, 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 BROUSSEAU married

Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS-- Date: 30 July 1764 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS was the child of François-Augustin GLADU dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Geneviève BOUCHER

Children of Joseph BROUSSEAU and Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS:

Reine BROUSSEAU (b.<1775>, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph DUPUIS dit DUNORD 31 January 1791 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1730 Birth
30 June 1730
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BROUSSEAU and Marie GLADU dite DESROSIERS 30 July 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 34 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.

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Reine BROUSSEAU married 31 January 1791, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph DUPUIS dit DUNORD

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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