Jean-Augustin PARADIS

Born

8 September 1739 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

27 May 1833 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Jean-Augustin married Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE) 5 September 1776 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE) was born 6 July 1741 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Claire died 9 April 1821 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . Claire was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Claire BOUTON .

Parents & Family of Jean-Augustin PARADIS

Parents of Jean-Augustin PARADIS

Father

Jean-François-Joseph PARADIS

Mother

Louise-Veronique-Michelle CONSTANTIN

Grandparents of Jean-Augustin PARADIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean PARADIS Catherine BATAILLER

Maternal grandparents

Denis CONSTANTIN Barbe BELANGER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Augustin PARADIS

Jean-Augustin PARADIS married

Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE)
Marriage date: 5 September 1776
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

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Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Claire BOUTON

Children of Jean-Augustin PARADIS and Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE)

Augustin PARADIS

Born: 26 March 1780, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
Died: 16 April 1780, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise-Claire PARADIS

Born: abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 April 1852, Trois-Rivières, Canada East

Josephte PARADIS

Born: abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 June 1870, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1739
8 September 1739
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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Augustin PARADIS and Claire DUPRAT (PRATTE) 5 September 1776, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 37 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Augustin PARADIS was born 26 March 1780, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Jean-Augustin was 40 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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England