Joseph GROLEAU

(b. 27 February 1756 , Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1811 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GROLEAU was born 27 February 1756 in Deschambault, Canada, New France

Joseph GROLEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Marie MATHIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GROLEAU and Marie-Anne PAQUIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU and Marie HÉBERT

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Joseph married Geneviève JACQUES 25 October 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève JACQUES was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 10 June 1823 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Pierre JACQUES dit PIERRE and Cecile DOYON.

Joseph GROLEAU died 26 May 1811 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 GROLEAU married

Geneviève JACQUES-- Date: 25 October 1779 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève JACQUES was the child of Pierre JACQUES dit PIERRE and Cecile DOYON

Children of Joseph GROLEAU and Geneviève JACQUES:

Joseph GROLEAU (b.22 March 1783, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 November 1856, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East)
m. Angelique POULIN 11 October 1803 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1756 Birth
27 February 1756
Deschambault, 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.