Jean-Baptiste PARENT

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 February 1791 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PARENT was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PARENT was the child of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Catherine JAMES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PARENT dit PARISIEN and Marie-Anne BENOIT (maternal) William JAMES and Catherine LIMOUSIN

Jean-Baptiste PARENT died 24 February 1791 in Saint-Mathias-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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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.