Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

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21 September 1739 , Louiseville, Canada, New France

Died

26 March 1814 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS Marie-Anne LESAGE

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Born: 21 September 1739 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie-Anne LESAGE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESROSIERS , Marguerite-Marie AUBUCHON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LESAGE , Marie-Josephe GERLAISE

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Jean-Baptiste married Anne BRANCHAUD 31 March 1761 in Louiseville, Canada . Anne BRANCHAUD was born 17 February 1738 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Anne died 5 June 1823 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Anne was the child of Charles BRANCHAUD and Agathe BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE.

Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS died 26 March 1814 in Louiseville, 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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Anne BRANCHAUD
Marriage date: 31 March 1761
Marriage place: Louiseville, Canada
Anne BRANCHAUD was the child of Charles BRANCHAUD and Agathe BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

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Birth — 1739
21 September 1739
Louiseville, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS and Anne BRANCHAUD 31 March 1761, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 21 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.