Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU

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22 March 1740 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Died

7 December 1798 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Pierre CHARBONNEAU Marguerite SENECAL dite LAFRAMBOISE

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Born: 22 March 1740 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre CHARBONNEAU

Mother: Marguerite SENECAL dite LAFRAMBOISE

Paternal grandparents: Jean CHARBONNEAU , Françoise BEAUCHAMP

Maternal grandparents: Étienne SENECAL dit LAFRAMBOISE , Petronille MILLOT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN 24 May 1762 in Berthierville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève died 6 February 1794 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU.

Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU died 7 December 1798 in Saint-Ours, 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 CHARBONNEAU married

Marie-Geneviève COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN
Marriage date: 24 May 1762
Marriage place: Berthierville, Canada
Marie-Geneviève COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste COURTIN dit SANSCHAGRIN and Marie-Josephte GLADU

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Marie-Geneviève CHARBONNEAU

Born: 29 September 1770, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 May 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Joachim-Joseph-Jean THERRIEN 5 February 1787 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1740
22 March 1740
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU and Marie-Geneviève COURTIN dite SANSCHAGRIN 24 May 1762, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève CHARBONNEAU was born 29 September 1770, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève CHARBONNEAU married 5 February 1787, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Joachim-Joseph-Jean THERRIEN

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

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