Joseph CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

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25 November 1734 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

18 July 1810 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)Geneviève MARCHET

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Born: 25 November 1734 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Mother: Geneviève MARCHET

Paternal grandparents: Paul-François CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) , Jeanne PHILIPPEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean MARCHET (MARCHAY) , Jeanne GELY

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Joseph married Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS 5 November 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS was born 11 September 1733 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Charlotte-Amable died 8 June 1808 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charlotte-Amable was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Charlotte TRUDEAU.

Joseph CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) died 18 July 1810 in La Prairie, 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 CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) married

Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS
Marriage date: 5 November 1764
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS was the child of Louis GERVAIS and Charlotte TRUDEAU

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Amable CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Born: 19 October 1773, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Josephte MONBLEAU dite LATULIPPE 1 February 1796 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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Birth — 1734
25 November 1734
Québec, 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 CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) and Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS 5 November 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Amable CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was born 19 October 1773, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph was 38 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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Amable CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) married 1 February 1796, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Josephte MONBLEAU dite LATULIPPE

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

1808 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte-Amable GERVAIS died 8 June 1808, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Death — 1810
18 July 1810
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 75.

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