Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

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30 December 1721 , Laval, Canada, New France

Died

29 May 1790 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC)Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU)

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Born: 30 December 1721 in Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

Mother: Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU)

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Robert DUPRAC , Marguerite VACHON

Maternal grandparents: Mathieu HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) , Catherine GOULET

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Jean-Baptiste married Anne CONTANT 22 September 1744 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Anne CONTANT was born 13 March 1726 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Anne died 30 August 1749 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Anne was the child of Étienne CONTANT and Marie-Françoise BAZINET.

Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) died 29 May 1790 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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 CONTANT
Marriage date: 22 September 1744
Marriage place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Anne CONTANT was the child of Étienne CONTANT and Marie-Françoise BAZINET

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Anne CONTANT

Marie-Rosalie DUPRAS

Born: 20 October 1745, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 12 December 1814, Mascouche, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste ETHIER 30 June 1761 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS

Born: 30 April 1747, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 January 1808, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Marie RICHARD 3 February 1777 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1721
30 December 1721
Laval, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Anne CONTANT 22 September 1744, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 22 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie DUPRAS was born 20 October 1745, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS was born 30 April 1747, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1749 Death of Spouse/Partner
Anne CONTANT died 30 August 1749, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rosalie DUPRAS married 30 June 1761, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Jean-Baptiste ETHIER

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.