Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC

(b. 16 April 1684 , Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1773 , Sainte-Foy, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC was born 16 April 1684 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC was the child of Pierre PETITCLERC and Françoise PARIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise PREVOST 11 February 1709 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Françoise PREVOST was born 10 January 1690 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Françoise died 17 August 1775 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Marie-Françoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Marie-Anne GIROUX.

Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC died 15 February 1773 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, 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 PETITCLERC married

Marie-Françoise PREVOST-- Date: 11 February 1709 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise PREVOST was the child of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Marie-Anne GIROUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC and Marie-Françoise PREVOST:

Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC (b.22 October 1709, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1790, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Felicite BISSON 17 May 1733 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Marie-Françoise PETITCLERC (b.14 February 1711, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1790, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-François BISSON 4 February 1732 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Louis PETITCLERC (b.13 May 1712, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1803, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Genevieve BELLEAU 4 March 1737 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)
m. Marie-Marguerite VACHERIE 29 August 1775 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Madeleine GUERET (QUERET) dite LATULIPPE 28 January 1788 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Augustin PETITCLERC (b.12 December 1715, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1790, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie BELLEAU dite LAROSE 6 February 1738 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

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1684 Birth
16 April 1684
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC and Marie-Françoise PREVOST 11 February 1709, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 24 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC was born 22 October 1709, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise PETITCLERC was born 14 February 1711, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Louis PETITCLERC was born 13 May 1712, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Augustin PETITCLERC was born 12 December 1715, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

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

1732 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise PETITCLERC married 4 February 1732, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Jean-François BISSON

1733 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETITCLERC married 17 May 1733, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Felicite BISSON

1737 Marriage of Child
Louis PETITCLERC married 4 March 1737, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Marie-Genevieve BELLEAU

1738 Marriage of Child
Augustin PETITCLERC married 6 February 1738, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) to Marie BELLEAU dite LAROSE

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.