Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY

Born

12 March 1701 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

26 March 1765 , Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques VAUDRY Marie-Françoise JOLY

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Born: 12 March 1701 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques VAUDRY

Mother: Marie-Françoise JOLY

Paternal grandparents: Jacques VAUDRY , Jeanne RENAUD

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas JOLY , Françoise HUNEAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève BESSIERE 9 January 1726 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève BESSIERE was born 10 October 1701 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 26 October 1788 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Geneviève was the child of Antoine BESSIERE (MESSIER) and Jeanne CROTEAU.

Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY died 26 March 1765 in Mascouche, 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
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Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY married

Geneviève BESSIERE
Marriage date: 9 January 1726
Marriage place: Laval, Canada, New France
Geneviève BESSIERE was the child of Antoine BESSIERE (MESSIER) and Jeanne CROTEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY and Geneviève BESSIERE

Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY

Born: 19 November 1726, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 18 December 1804, Mascouche, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Flavie-Josèphte BEAUCHAMP 7 February 1752 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Married: Josephte BEAUDOIN 11 February 1760 Place: Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

Geneviève VAUDRY

Born: 20 September 1730, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 19 January 1768, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Robert-Louis ST-LAURENT 25 January 1751 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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Birth — 1701
12 March 1701
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1726 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY and Geneviève BESSIERE 9 January 1726, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 24 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY was born 19 November 1726, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Geneviève VAUDRY was born 20 September 1730, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Geneviève VAUDRY married 25 January 1751, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Robert-Louis ST-LAURENT

1752 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY married 7 February 1752, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Marie-Flavie-Josèphte BEAUCHAMP

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VAUDRY married 11 February 1760, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) to Josephte BEAUDOIN

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.