Jean-Baptiste ROCH

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14 November 1748 , Varennes, Canada, New France

Died

25 September 1818 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste-Marie ROCH (LAROCQUE)Marie-Françoise LEDOUX

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Born: 14 November 1748 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste-Marie ROCH (LAROCQUE)

Mother: Marie-Françoise LEDOUX

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE , Anne-Jeanne CÉLÉRIER dite DESLAURIERS

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LEDOUX , Marie-Anne MONIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER 27 September 1773 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER was born 5 July 1728 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Guillaume GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Marguerite-Marie MASSON dite DUTREMBLE.

Jean-Baptiste ROCH died 25 September 1818 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 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 ROCH married

Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 27 September 1773
Marriage place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER was the child of Guillaume GAUTHIER dit DELISLE and Marguerite-Marie MASSON dite DUTREMBLE

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Birth — 1748
14 November 1748
Varennes, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROCH and Marie-Charlotte GAUTHIER 27 September 1773, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 24 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.