Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

Born

4 October 1754 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

14 April 1809 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Father: Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAUMother: Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) View parent relationships

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Born: 4 October 1754 in Québec, Canada, New France

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Father

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

Mother

Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

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Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

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Paternal grandparents

René ROUSSEAU Marie-Ursule FRECHETTE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre VALLIERE (VALLIERES) Marguerite ALLAIRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Antoinette FAUCHER 12 February 1787 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette FAUCHER was born 16 June 1765 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Antoinette died 13 June 1823 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Antoinette was the child of Louis FAUCHER and Josephte LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS.

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU died 14 April 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU married

Antoinette FAUCHER
Marriage date: 12 February 1787
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoinette FAUCHER was the child of Louis FAUCHER and Josephte LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Antoinette FAUCHER

Angélique ROUSSEAU

Born: 30 March 1792, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Died: 27 April 1822, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE 22 January 1816 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1754
4 October 1754
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Antoinette FAUCHER 12 February 1787, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 32 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Angélique ROUSSEAU was born 30 March 1792, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)