Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN

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11/2/1751 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

10/16/1804 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Age: 52

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Born: 11/2/1751 in Québec, Canada, New France

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Jean married Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE 1 July 1782 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was born 15 January 1761 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie-Thérèse died 17 October 1837 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Judith DESPRÉS.

Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN died 10/16/1804 in Rimouski, 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 VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN married

Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE
Marriage date: 1 July 1782
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was the child of Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Judith DESPRÉS

Children of Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN and Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Evariste VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN

Born: abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 August 1863, Sainte-Luce, Canada East

Married: Eulalie-Helene TREMBLAY 3 October 1853 Place: Sainte-Luce, Québec, Canada (Ste-Luce) (Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer)

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Birth — 1751
11/2/1751
Québec, 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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Jean VOLANT DE CHAMPLAIN and Marie-Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE 1 July 1782, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 30 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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