Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE

Born

26 February 1729 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

20 July 1769 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)Marie-Angélique PLANTE

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Born: 26 February 1729 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Louis TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Mother: Marie-Angélique PLANTE

Paternal grandparents: Abel TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Marie-Isabelle GIRAUD dite GIROUX

Maternal grandparents: Claude PLANTE , Marie PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Therese RATTÉ (RATE) 10 January 1752 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Therese RATTÉ (RATE) was born 12 July 1716 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Therese died 26 November 1798 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATTÉ (RATE) and Madeleine BLOUARD.

Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE died 20 July 1769 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Therese RATTÉ (RATE)
Marriage date: 10 January 1752
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Therese RATTÉ (RATE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATTÉ (RATE) and Madeleine BLOUARD

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Birth — 1729
26 February 1729
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TURCOTTE and Therese RATTÉ (RATE) 10 January 1752, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.