Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER

(b. 9 January 1740 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1796 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER was born 9 January 1740 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Marie-Françoise JOUINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Léonard FAUCHER dit ST-MAURICE and Marie DAMOIS (maternal) Jean-Pierre JOUINEAU (JUNEAU) and Geneviève TINON dite DESROCHES

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE 13 September 1762 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE was born 14 June 1739 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe-Anne died 8 September 1806 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe-Anne was the child of Charles BERNARD dit HINSE and Charlotte SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR.

Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER died 6 April 1796 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER married

Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE-- Date: 13 September 1762 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada
Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE was the child of Charles BERNARD dit HINSE and Charlotte SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR

Children of Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE:

Marie-Marguerite FAUCHER (b.abt. 1774, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 January 1837, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS 19 February 1810 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1740 Birth
9 January 1740
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Marie-Josephe-Anne BERNARD dite HINSE 13 September 1762, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.

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.