Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT

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28 December 1751 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Died

14 May 1835 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

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Guillaume MALENFANT Marie-Catherine SIROIS

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Born: 28 December 1751 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Father: Guillaume MALENFANT

Mother: Marie-Catherine SIROIS

Maternal grandparents: François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS , Marie-Anne THIBODEAU (THIBOUTOT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève MICHAUD 11 January 1773 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève MICHAUD was born 8 February 1747 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Geneviève died 2 January 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève was the child of Joseph MICHAUD and Marguerite CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS.

Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT died 14 May 1835 in Trois-Pistoles, 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 MALENFANT married

Geneviève MICHAUD
Marriage date: 11 January 1773
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève MICHAUD was the child of Joseph MICHAUD and Marguerite CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Geneviève MICHAUD

Henri MALENFANT

Born: 23 January 1780, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 May 1838, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Suzanne MARQUIS 12 February 1811 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Guillaume MALENFANT

Born: 11 April 1783, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 March 1864, Bic, Ste-Cécile, Quebec, Canada

Married: Angelique SIMON 13 July 1812 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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Birth — 1751
28 December 1751
Kamouraska, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT and Geneviève MICHAUD 11 January 1773 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 21 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Henri MALENFANT was born 23 January 1780, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Guillaume MALENFANT was born 11 April 1783, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 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)

1811 Marriage of Child
Henri MALENFANT married 12 February 1811, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Suzanne MARQUIS

1812 Marriage of Child
Guillaume MALENFANT married 13 July 1812, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Angelique SIMON

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