Dorothee LOISEL (LOISELLE)

Born

28 February 1756 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Died

15 October 1819 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LOISEL (LOISELLE)Apolline DEBLÉ dite PARISEAU

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Born: 28 February 1756 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LOISEL (LOISELLE)

Mother: Apolline DEBLÉ dite PARISEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LOISEL , Marie-Anne BEAUDRY

Maternal grandparents: François DEBLÉ dit PARISEAU , Marie-Anne MARTEL

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Dorothee married Joseph CARREAU 22 September 1777 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph CARREAU was born 12 October 1750 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Joseph died 24 May 1823 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Joseph was the child of Augustin CARREAU and Geneviève GIROUX.

Dorothee LOISEL (LOISELLE) died 15 October 1819 in Marieville, Rouville, 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 CARREAU
Marriage date: 22 September 1777
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph CARREAU was the child of Augustin CARREAU and Geneviève GIROUX

Children of Joseph CARREAU and Dorothee LOISEL (LOISELLE)

Joseph-Alexis CARREAU

Born: 3 October 1779, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 4 January 1843, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

Married: Françoise GILBERT 8 February 1802 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Dorothee CARREAU

Born: 27 July 1781, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 December 1826, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-François RAINVILLE dit MIRET 28 January 1799 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Marie-Dorothee CARREAU

Born: 14 October 1793, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 7 March 1872, Ste-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Canada

Married: Joseph-Marie RAINVILLE 2 February 1808 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1756
28 February 1756
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Dorothee LOISEL (LOISELLE) and Joseph CARREAU 22 September 1777, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Joseph-Alexis CARREAU was born 3 October 1779, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Dorothee was 23 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothee CARREAU was born 27 July 1781, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Dorothee was 25 years old.

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)

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothee CARREAU was born 14 October 1793, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Dorothee was 37 years old.

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Dorothee CARREAU married 28 January 1799, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Jean-François RAINVILLE dit MIRET

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Alexis CARREAU married 8 February 1802, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Françoise GILBERT

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Dorothee CARREAU married 2 February 1808, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Joseph-Marie RAINVILLE

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

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