Jean-Baptiste MORISSET

(b. 29 July 1726 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1801 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MORISSET was born 29 July 1726 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MORISSET was the child of Gentien MORISSET and Geneviève SIMON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MORISSET and Jeanne CHORET (maternal) Guillaume SIMON dit LAPOINTE and Catherine DROUIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 10 October 1747 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was born 19 August 1721 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 8 November 1796 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) and Louise LEREAU (L'HERAULT).

Jean-Baptiste MORISSET died 11 December 1801 in Sainte-Marie, 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 MORISSET married

Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE)-- Date: 10 October 1747 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) was the child of Joseph LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) and Louise LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Children of Jean-Baptiste MORISSET and Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE):

Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE) (b.20 August 1763, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 March 1841, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )
m. Augustin GAGNON 22 July 1788 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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1726 Birth
29 July 1726
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MORISSET and Marie-Louise LARRIVEE (ARRIVÉE) 10 October 1747, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 20 August 1763, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 37 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE) married 22 July 1788, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Augustin GAGNON

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

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