Joseph BOURGEOIS

Born

21 March 1762 , La Pocatière, Canada

Died

7 September 1825 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph BOURGEOIS

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Born: 21 March 1762 in La Pocatière, Canada

Parents of Joseph BOURGEOIS

Father

Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS

Mother

Marguerite CYR

Grandparents of Joseph BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents

Claude BOURGEOIS Marie Anne CORMIER

Maternal grandparents

Louis Joseph CYR Marie Josephe CORMIER

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

Joseph married Rosalie DUPUIS 24 February 1783 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Rosalie DUPUIS was born abt. 1763 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada . Rosalie died 17 September 1819 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Rosalie was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU).

Joseph BOURGEOIS died 7 September 1825 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph BOURGEOIS

Joseph BOURGEOIS married

Rosalie DUPUIS
Marriage date: 24 February 1783
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Rosalie DUPUIS was the child of Olivier DUPUIS and Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Children of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Rosalie DUPUIS

Marie-Rose BOURGEOIS

Born: 29 May 1785, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles DUPUIS 15 February 1808 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Madeleine BOURGEOIS

Born: 18 September 1787, L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Mathurin RICHARD 13 April 1807 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1762
21 March 1762
La Pocatière, Canada

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOURGEOIS and Rosalie DUPUIS 24 February 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 20 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose BOURGEOIS was born 29 May 1785, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 23 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Madeleine BOURGEOIS was born 18 September 1787, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph was 25 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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BOURGEOIS married 13 April 1807, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Mathurin RICHARD

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose BOURGEOIS married 15 February 1808, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Charles DUPUIS

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.