Marie-Josette PROULX

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15 May 1743 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

26 June 1814 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PROULX Marie-Claire-Francoise JOLY

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Born: 15 May 1743 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste PROULX

Mother: Marie-Claire-Francoise JOLY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PROULX , Louise ROUSSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Vital JOLY , Marie JINCHEREAU

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Marie-Josette married Guillaume ROSS 9 January 1764 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Guillaume ROSS was born abt. 1734 in Scotland (United Kingdom). Guillaume died 7 November 1808 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic).

Marie-Josette PROULX died 26 June 1814 in Rimouski, 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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Marie-Josette PROULX married

Guillaume ROSS
Marriage date: 9 January 1764
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Guillaume ROSS and Marie-Josette PROULX

Guillaume ROSS

Born: 19 February 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Josephte BOUCHER 6 September 1792 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Hector ROSS

Born: 9 June 1768, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 29 September 1849, Sainte-Luce, Canada East

Married: Marie BOUILLON 3 February 1801 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1743
15 May 1743
Montmagny, 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
Marie-Josette PROULX and Guillaume ROSS 9 January 1764, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 20 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Guillaume ROSS was born 19 February 1765, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Josette was 21 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Hector ROSS was born 9 June 1768, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Josette was 25 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

1792 Marriage of Child
Guillaume ROSS married 6 September 1792, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Josephte BOUCHER

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

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Hector ROSS married 3 February 1801, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Marie BOUILLON