Jean-Baptiste GARAND

(b. 14 September 1743 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1793 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GARAND was born 14 September 1743 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GARAND was the child of Jean GARAND and Louise LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GARAND and Catherine LABRECQUE (maternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE and Ambroise-Françoise FOURNIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse DEMERS 19 February 1770 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie-Thérèse DEMERS was born 23 July 1751 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Thérèse died 7 April 1805 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Charles DEMERS and Françoise HUARD.

Jean-Baptiste GARAND died 5 September 1793 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Jean-Baptiste GARAND married

Marie-Thérèse DEMERS-- Date: 19 February 1770 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse DEMERS was the child of Charles DEMERS and Françoise HUARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste GARAND and Marie-Thérèse DEMERS:

Pierre GARAND (b.30 April 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 August 1853, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE 5 February 1798 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1743 Birth
14 September 1743
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GARAND and Marie-Thérèse DEMERS 19 February 1770 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Pierre GARAND was born 30 April 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.