Jean-Baptiste BENOIT

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22 September 1761 , Québec, Canada

Died

9 May 1816 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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François BENOIT Marie-Agathe CHICOINE

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Born: 22 September 1761 in Québec, Canada

Father: François BENOIT

Mother: Marie-Agathe CHICOINE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BENOIT , Barbe GAZAILLE dite BLETTE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CHICOINE , Marie-Anne BOURGAULT dite LACROIX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine CHARAUX 11 February 1782 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Catherine CHARAUX was born 5 July 1760 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Catherine died 26 November 1835 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE and Marie-Catherine AMIOT.

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT died 9 May 1816 in Saint-Luc, 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 BENOIT married

Marie-Catherine CHARAUX
Marriage date: 11 February 1782
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine CHARAUX was the child of Andre CHARAUX (CHAROUX) dit LALIBERTE and Marie-Catherine AMIOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BENOIT and Marie-Catherine CHARAUX

Pierre BENOIT

Born: 27 July 1789, Saint-Luc, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 June 1879, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Married: Marie-Marthe-Reine LEBEAU 15 February 1847 Place: Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Marie-Catherine BENOIT

Born: abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 March 1864, Iberville, Canada East

Married: Pierre PLANTE 30 January 1815 Place: Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1761
22 September 1761
Québec, Canada

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-Baptiste BENOIT and Marie-Catherine CHARAUX 11 February 1782, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.