Jean-Baptiste BONNET

(b. 12 September 1730 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1779 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BONNET was born 12 September 1730 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BONNET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONNET and Marie-Josephe GRENET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GRENET and Hélène LAVERGNE

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève MAILLOUX 15 February 1751 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève MAILLOUX was born 20 April 1729 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Geneviève died 30 March 1784 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève was the child of Jean MAILLOUX and Genevieve CHEVALIER.

Jean-Baptiste BONNET died 17 July 1779 in Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste BONNET married

Geneviève MAILLOUX-- Date: 15 February 1751 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Geneviève MAILLOUX was the child of Jean MAILLOUX and Genevieve CHEVALIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste BONNET and Geneviève MAILLOUX:

Geneviève BONNET (b.23 September 1763, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 August 1816, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)
m. Michel BERNARD 4 November 1788 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
12 September 1730
Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BONNET and Geneviève MAILLOUX 15 February 1751 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 20 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Geneviève BONNET was born 23 September 1763, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.