Joseph HUS MILLET

Born

18 August 1749 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

2 August 1832 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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François HUS dit MILLET Marie-Louise CARTIER

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Born: 18 August 1749 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: François HUS dit MILLET

Mother: Marie-Louise CARTIER

Paternal grandparents: Marc-Antoine HUS MILET (MILLET) , Françoise LAVALLEE

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume-Louis CARTIER , Marie-Claude GAMELIN

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Joseph married Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX 19 February 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX was born 9 January 1760 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Madeleine died 12 November 1821 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Madeleine was the child of Charles PELOQUIN dit FELIX and Élisabeth SALVAIL.

Joseph HUS MILLET died 2 August 1832 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada .

m. Peloquin Madeleine

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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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Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX
Marriage date: 19 February 1776
Marriage place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX was the child of Charles PELOQUIN dit FELIX and Élisabeth SALVAIL

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Birth — 1749
18 August 1749
Sorel, 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 - 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HUS MILLET and Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX 19 February 1776, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 26 years old.

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)

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