Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

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11 August 1762 , Champlain, Canada

Died

13 April 1848 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

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Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)Jeanne Marie HEON

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Born: 11 August 1762 in Champlain, Canada

Father: Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Mother: Jeanne Marie HEON

Paternal grandparents: Charles ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) , Françoise MIRANDE LAMIRANDE-TAVARE

Maternal grandparents: Charles HEON , Anne CLEMANCEAU dite CHEFDEVERNE

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Joseph married Ursule HOUDE 30 July 1798 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule HOUDE was born 12 January 1778 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Ursule died 26 January 1861 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Ursule was the child of François HOUDE and Marie-Thérèse NAULT.

Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) died 13 April 1848 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East .
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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
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Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married

Ursule HOUDE
Marriage date: 30 July 1798
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Ursule HOUDE was the child of François HOUDE and Marie-Thérèse NAULT

Children of Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Ursule HOUDE

Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Born: 23 April 1809, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 21 January 1892, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada

Married: Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 20 February 1832 Place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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Birth — 1762
11 August 1762
Champlain, 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.

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Ursule HOUDE 30 July 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 35 years old.

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

1809 Birth of Child
Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) was born 23 April 1809, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Joseph was 46 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Louis ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) married 20 February 1832, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to Josephte BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)