Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS

(b. 14 April 1752 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1820 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS was born 14 April 1752 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS was the child of Claude LYONNAIS and Louise COURVILLE dite LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste-François BOSSU dit LYONNAIS and Elisabeth-Ursule PROULX (maternal) Nicolas LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Madeleine COURRIER dite BOURGUIGNON

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

Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS 20 November 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS was born 7 December 1754 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jean-Baptiste died 8 July 1828 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ.

Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS died 21 March 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS married

Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS-- Date: 20 November 1775 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS and Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS:

Joseph DESROCHERS (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève-Marguerite NIQUET (NIQUETTE) 13 September 1802 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1752 Birth
14 April 1752
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS and Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS 20 November 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 23 years old.

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)

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESROCHERS married 13 September 1802, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Geneviève-Marguerite NIQUET (NIQUETTE)

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.