Jean-Baptiste MORIN

(b. 22 April 1702 , Mont-Louis, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1782 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MORIN was born 22 April 1702 in Mont-Louis, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MORIN was the child of Pierre MORIN and Françoise Jeanne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORIN dit BOUCHER and Marie Madeleine MARTIN (maternal) Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE and Jeanne BERNARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Felicite LEMIEUX 25 June 1739 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Felicite LEMIEUX was born 12 November 1720 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Felicite died 20 March 1786 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Felicite was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN.

Jean-Baptiste MORIN died 19 April 1782 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Jean-Baptiste MORIN married

Felicite LEMIEUX-- Date: 25 June 1739 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Felicite LEMIEUX was the child of Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Felicite LEMIEUX:

Chrysostome MORIN (b.22 August 1743, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1772, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Françoise DION 18 February 1765 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Louis MORIN (b.30 June 1752, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1832, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite THIBAULT 20 August 1798 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Joseph MORIN (b.16 March 1756, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 8 August 1827, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Bernard GAGNE 2 February 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Madeleine MORIN (b.4 April 1758, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1830, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques GAGNE 23 October 1782 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Marie-Anne MORIN (b.13 September 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 February 1804, Beauceville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste PILET dit JOLICOEUR 9 February 1784 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1702 Birth
22 April 1702
Mont-Louis, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Felicite LEMIEUX 25 June 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 37 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Chrysostome MORIN was born 22 August 1743, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Louis MORIN was born 30 June 1752, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Joseph MORIN was born 16 March 1756, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 53 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Madeleine MORIN was born 4 April 1758, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 55 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MORIN was born 13 September 1764, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 62 years old.

1765 Marriage of Child
Chrysostome MORIN married 18 February 1765, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Marie-Françoise DION

1772 Death of Child
Chrysostome MORIN died 22 December 1772, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Jean-Baptiste was 70 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.