Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE

(b. 8 May 1745 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1809 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE was born 8 May 1745 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste CAUCHON dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Louise BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Anne BLOUARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERGERON and Marguerite GRENON

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe HOUDE 4 June 1764 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe HOUDE was born 3 January 1738 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 23 May 1768 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Simon HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine MORISSET.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Genevieve LANGLOIS 4 February 1771 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LANGLOIS was born 29 October 1751 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Gabriel LANGLOIS and Helene LECLERC.

Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE died 23 January 1809 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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 LAMOTHE married

Marie-Josephe HOUDE-- Date: 4 June 1764 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe HOUDE was the child of Simon HOUDE and Marie-Madeleine MORISSET

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Marie-Josephe HOUDE:

Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE (b.8 February 1767, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 December 1836, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite POULIN 3 February 1800 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE married

Genevieve LANGLOIS-- Date: 4 February 1771 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

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Genevieve LANGLOIS was the child of Gabriel LANGLOIS and Helene LECLERC

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Genevieve LANGLOIS:

Genevieve LAMOTHE (b.3 May 1785, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1850, St-Ferdinand-d'Halifax, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS 18 February 1805 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1745 Birth
8 May 1745
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Marie-Josephe HOUDE 4 June 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE was born 8 February 1767, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

1768 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe HOUDE died 23 May 1768, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAMOTHE and Genevieve LANGLOIS 4 February 1771, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.