Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN

(b. abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 January 1784 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN was the child of Jean POLIQUIN and Marie-Anne-Louise LECOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean POLIQUIN and Anne ADAM (maternal) Michel LECOUR and Louise LEDRAN

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Jean-Baptiste married Angelique FILTEAU 15 November 1745 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angelique FILTEAU was born 10 November 1719 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Angelique was the child of Nicolas FILTEAU and Françoise MAILLOUX.

Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN died 27 January 1784 in Repentigny, 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 POLIQUIN married

Angelique FILTEAU-- Date: 15 November 1745 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Angelique FILTEAU was the child of Nicolas FILTEAU and Françoise MAILLOUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN and Angelique FILTEAU:

Marie-Theotiste POLIQUIN (b.1 August 1750, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1844, Saint-Jacques, Canada East )
m. Louis-Pierre RATEL 21 January 1771 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)
m. Germain LANDRY 30 September 1794 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Thomas POLIQUIN (b.22 December 1760, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 15 March 1808, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique ASTRUC dite SANSCARTIER 1 October 1793 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1745 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POLIQUIN and Angelique FILTEAU 15 November 1745 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Theotiste POLIQUIN was born 1 August 1750, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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

1760 Birth of Child
Thomas POLIQUIN was born 22 December 1760, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Theotiste POLIQUIN married 21 January 1771, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Louis-Pierre RATEL

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.