Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Born

19 July 1747 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Died

10 May 1796 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Catherine GONTHIER 23 November 1773 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine GONTHIER was born 19 April 1756 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . Catherine died 11 August 1830 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE) .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Parents of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Father

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

Mother

Judith LECLERC

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Paternal grandparents

Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE Genevieve PAULET

Maternal grandparents

Jean LECLERC Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

m. Gonthier Catherine

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET married

Catherine GONTHIER
Marriage date: 23 November 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine GONTHIER was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Catherine GONTHIER

Marie PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

Born: 15 February 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Alexandre PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

Born: 5 November 1783, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 June 1876, St-Isidore

Jean PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

Born: 27 November 1790, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1873, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1747
19 July 1747
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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Catherine GONTHIER 23 November 1773, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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
Marie PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 15 February 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Alexandre PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 5 November 1783, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Jean PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 27 November 1790, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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

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