Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Provencal was born in 1875, in Canada, his father, Louis Izoir dit Provençal, was 44 and his mother, Catharine McDonald, was 45. He married Cecile Paradis on 26 October 1896, in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada. He lived in Coaticook, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada in 1881.
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- Joseph Provencal in household of Louis Provencal, "Canada Census, 1881"
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1980 · Sovereignty-Association Defeated 60% to 40%
The Quebec independence referendum was the first in Quebec and was called by PQ government which advocated secession from Canada. Another one would happen 1995.
1982
Canada Act is passed. The United Kingdom transfers final legal powers over Canada. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Gaston, Achille, Adelard, Armand, Elphege, Jean-Paul, Monique.
French (Provençal) and Jewish (from Italy): habitational name for someone from Provence, a region in southern France, which was so named with Latin provincia ‘province, sphere of office’, because it was the first Roman province to be established outside Italy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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