Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT

(b. 24 November 1738 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 9 March 1809 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT was born 24 November 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT was the child of Augustin-Francois BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Marie LALONDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Elisabeth LAFAYE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LALONDE and Jeanne GERVAIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel married Josephe LEGER 2 February 1761 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Josephe LEGER was born 24 September 1742 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Josephe died 29 November 1794 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Josephe was the child of Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Françoise LEDUC.

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT died 9 March 1809 in Vaudreuil, 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-Gabriel BRABANT married

Josephe LEGER-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada
Josephe LEGER was the child of Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Françoise LEDUC

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT and Josephe LEGER:

Angélique BRABANT dite LAMOTHE (b.1 December 1762, Oka, Canada d. 27 September 1847, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada East)
m. François PILON 11 January 1780 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Marie-Rose BRABANT (b.12 March 1764, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joachim PROULX 5 January 1779 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste BRABANT (b.24 January 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1809, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte EKEMBERG 14 November 1803 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

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1738 Birth
24 November 1738
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT and Josephe LEGER 2 February 1761, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Angélique BRABANT dite LAMOTHE was born 1 December 1762, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel was 24 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose BRABANT was born 12 March 1764, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel was 25 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRABANT was born 24 January 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel was 35 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose BRABANT married 5 January 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Joachim PROULX

1780 Marriage of Child
Angélique BRABANT dite LAMOTHE married 11 January 1780, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to François PILON

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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