Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC

(b. 11 March 1721 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 8 June 1793 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC was born 11 March 1721 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC was the child of Jean-François DOLBEC and Marie-Jeanne TAPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DOLBEC dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne MASSÉ (maternal) René TAPIN and Marie-Louise LORIOT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne COURTOIS 9 June 1751 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne COURTOIS was born 24 February 1718 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Anne died 12 April 1798 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Anne was the child of Gabriel COURTOIS and Elisabeth MOREAU.

Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC died 8 June 1793 in La-Pérade, 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 DOLBEC married

Marie-Anne COURTOIS-- Date: 9 June 1751 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne COURTOIS was the child of Gabriel COURTOIS and Elisabeth MOREAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC and Marie-Anne COURTOIS:

Jean-Charles DOLBEC (b.15 July 1753, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 7 October 1832, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite-Renee BARIL 5 February 1777 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Therese DOLBEC (b.11 January 1765, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 January 1837, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS 24 January 1786 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1721 Birth
11 March 1721
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DOLBEC and Marie-Anne COURTOIS 9 June 1751, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 30 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Charles DOLBEC was born 15 July 1753, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Therese DOLBEC was born 11 January 1765, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Jean-Charles DOLBEC married 5 February 1777, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Marguerite-Renee BARIL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Therese DOLBEC married 24 January 1786, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS

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