Joseph-Marie BROSSEAU

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22 March 1749 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

26 December 1813 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Pierre BROSSEAU Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)

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Born: 22 March 1749 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BROSSEAU

Mother: Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Hebert BROSSEAU (BROUSSEAU) , Barbe BOURBON

Maternal grandparents: Claude DENEAU (DENIAU) , Marie POUPARD (POUPART)

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Joseph-Marie married Marie-Anne EMARD (AYMARD) 22 March 1790 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne EMARD (AYMARD) was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 23 June 1817 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Antoine EMARD (AYMARD) and Marie-Josephe BOURGERIE (BOURGERY).

Joseph-Marie BROSSEAU died 26 December 1813 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-Marie BROSSEAU married

Marie-Anne EMARD (AYMARD)
Marriage date: 22 March 1790
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne EMARD (AYMARD) was the child of Antoine EMARD (AYMARD) and Marie-Josephe BOURGERIE (BOURGERY)

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Birth — 1749
22 March 1749
La Prairie, 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.

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)

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Joseph-Marie BROSSEAU and Marie-Anne EMARD (AYMARD) 22 March 1790 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 41 years old.

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

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

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