Joseph DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX)

(b. 22 February 1732 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 29 September 1797 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) was born 22 February 1732 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Joseph DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) was the child of François DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Elisabeth BERTRAND dite ST-ARNAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Marie BOUART (maternal) Paul-Jean BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Gabrielle BARIBEAU

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Joseph married Marie-Geneviève MASSICOTTE 29 August 1768 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève MASSICOTTE was born 7 August 1746 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Geneviève died 4 April 1823 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jean MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and Angélique VALLÉE.

Joseph DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) died 29 September 1797 in Batiscan, 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.

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Marie-Geneviève MASSICOTTE-- Date: 29 August 1768 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève MASSICOTTE was the child of Jean MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and Angélique VALLÉE

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1732 Birth
22 February 1732
Batiscan, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) and Marie-Geneviève MASSICOTTE 29 August 1768 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 36 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.