Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

(b. 22 May 1718 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1767 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 22 May 1718 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was the child of Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Anne BRODEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne MESSIER

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

Joseph-Paul married Marie-Agathe MASTA 30 April 1753 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Agathe MASTA was born 22 September 1729 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Agathe died 21 November 1784 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Agathe was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC.

Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) died 9 June 1767 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) married

Marie-Agathe MASTA-- Date: 30 April 1753 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe MASTA was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC

Children of Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Agathe MASTA:

Agathe BISSONNETTE (b.29 December 1758, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Ignace POULIN 12 January 1778 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Joseph-Paul BISSONNETTE (b.abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Josephe BISSONNETTE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1718 Birth
22 May 1718
Varennes, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Agathe MASTA 30 April 1753, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 34 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Agathe BISSONNETTE was born 29 December 1758, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph-Paul was 40 years old.

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.