Joseph JOLY

(b. 15 April 1757 , Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 14 August 1821 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Joseph JOLY was born 15 April 1757 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Joseph JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit DELBEC and Therese BLET dite GAZAILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Mathurine AUBUCHON dite DESALLIERS (maternal) Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise BONIN 19 July 1784 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BONIN was born 19 March 1759 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Louise died 3 December 1839 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONIN and Marie-Antoinette HOUDE.

Joseph JOLY died 14 August 1821 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 JOLY married

Marie-Louise BONIN-- Date: 19 July 1784 Place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise BONIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONIN and Marie-Antoinette HOUDE

Children of Joseph JOLY and Marie-Louise BONIN:

Pierre JOLY (b.28 February 1796, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1885, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada )
m. Esther SYLVESTRE 6 October 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1757 Birth
15 April 1757
Lanoraie, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY and Marie-Louise BONIN 19 July 1784, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 27 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1796 Birth of Child
Pierre JOLY was born 28 February 1796, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph was 38 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Pierre JOLY married 6 October 1817, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Esther SYLVESTRE

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England