Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS

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25 March 1720 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

4 May 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS Marguerite LAROCHE

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Born: 25 March 1720 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS

Mother: Marguerite LAROCHE

Maternal grandparents: Jean LAROCHE , Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Anne GAUDREAU 13 October 1755 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne GAUDREAU was born abt. 1739 in Pisiquit, Acadia . Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Elisabeth CYR.

Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS died 4 May 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS married

Anne GAUDREAU
Marriage date: 13 October 1755
Marriage place: Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Anne GAUDREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Elisabeth CYR

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Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS

Born: 15 March 1774, L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 October 1835, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Gabriel AUDET dit LAPOINTE 12 April 1790 Place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

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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 — 1720
25 March 1720
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS and Anne GAUDREAU 13 October 1755, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

He was 35 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS was born 15 March 1774, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Jean-Baptiste was 54 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.