Joseph DOUCET

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3 May 1743 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

12 October 1780 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 3 May 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia

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Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph married Julie Luce LEBLANC . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie Luce LEBLANC was born 12 December 1744 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Julie Luce died 22 June 1770 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Julie Luce was the child of Paul LEBLANC and Madeleine FOREST.

Joseph DOUCET died 12 October 1780 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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 DOUCET married

Julie Luce LEBLANC
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Julie Luce LEBLANC was the child of Paul LEBLANC and Madeleine FOREST

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Joseph DOUCET

Born: 18 July 1768, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie BLAIS 16 June 1794 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1743
3 May 1743
Port Royal, Acadia

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph DOUCET was born 18 July 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julie Luce LEBLANC died 22 June 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.