Basile PERRAULT

(b. 30 September 1753 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1805 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada )

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Basile PERRAULT was born 30 September 1753 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Basile PERRAULT was the child of Adrien PERRAULT and Barbe-Michelle RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PERRAULT and Geneviève DUCLOS (maternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Madeleine LEPELLE

Basile had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Basile PERRAULT died 9 April 1805 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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
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1753 Birth
30 September 1753
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

Revolutionary War
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PERRAULT, BASILE
Ancestor #: A211268
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: BAPTISED 9-30-1753 BATISCAN CANADA
Death: ANTE 4-8-1805 ST JEAN BAPTISTE LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 49-50
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

RESIDENCE
1) City: ST JEAN BAPTISTE - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) ANGELIQUE ROCHELEAU
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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.