Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX

(b. 10 August 1748 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1825 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX was born 10 August 1748 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) and Madeleine LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) and Marguerite BUTEAU (maternal) Louis LACROIX and Suzanne LABRECQUE

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

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent married Charlotte LETENDRE 5 February 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte LETENDRE was born 25 July 1760 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Charlotte died 21 April 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Augustin LETENDRE and Therese FAFARD.

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX died 19 April 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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-Laurent VEILLEUX married

Charlotte LETENDRE-- Date: 5 February 1776 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte LETENDRE was the child of Augustin LETENDRE and Therese FAFARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX and Charlotte LETENDRE:

Jean-Baptiste VEILLEUX (b.22 November 1783, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Françoise LAVALLÉE 7 November 1814 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1748 Birth
10 August 1748
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Laurent VEILLEUX and Charlotte LETENDRE 5 February 1776, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VEILLEUX was born 22 November 1783, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste-Laurent was 35 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VEILLEUX married 7 November 1814, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Françoise LAVALLÉE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)