Jean-Baptiste DAOUST

(b. 3 February 1719 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1795 , Île-Perrot, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DAOUST was born 3 February 1719 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DAOUST was the child of Guillaume DAOUST and Elizabeth PILON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume DAOUST and Marie-Madeleine LALONDE (maternal) Antoine PILON and Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte FORTIER 18 August 1741 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte FORTIER was born 10 November 1725 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis FORTIER and Catherine-Charlotte MALLET.

Jean-Baptiste DAOUST died 22 May 1795 in Île-Perrot, 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 DAOUST married

Marie-Josephte FORTIER-- Date: 18 August 1741 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte FORTIER was the child of Louis FORTIER and Catherine-Charlotte MALLET

Children of Jean-Baptiste DAOUST and Marie-Josephte FORTIER:

Jean-Antoine DAOUST (b.29 March 1757, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1844, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada East )
m. Marie-Amable BEAULNE 28 October 1782 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1719 Birth
3 February 1719
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1741 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DAOUST and Marie-Josephte FORTIER 18 August 1741, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 22 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Antoine DAOUST was born 29 March 1757, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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 of Child
Jean-Antoine DAOUST married 28 October 1782, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Marie-Amable BEAULNE

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)