Jean-Baptise LAPORTE

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04 July 1747 , Chambly, Canada, New France

Died

27 March 1813 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE Jeanne-Claude BESSETTE

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Born: 04 July 1747 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

Mother: Jeanne-Claude BESSETTE

Paternal grandparents: Paul LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES , Catherine SAVARIA

Maternal grandparents: François BESSETTE (BESSET) , Marie-Claude DUBOIS

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Jean-Baptise married Marie-Louise MARIN 8 January 1776 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise MARIN was born 17 November 1759 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 1 June 1782 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph MARIN and Marie-Anne-Charlotte CAOUETTE (COUET).

Jean-Baptise married (2) Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE 01 March 1783 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died abt. 1813 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Jean-Baptise LAPORTE died 27 March 1813 in Marieville, Rouville, 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-Baptise LAPORTE married

Marie-Louise MARIN
Marriage date: 8 January 1776
Marriage place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise MARIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph MARIN and Marie-Anne-Charlotte CAOUETTE (COUET)

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Jean-Baptise LAPORTE married

Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE
Marriage date: 01 March 1783
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

Born: 12 January 1787, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 July 1867, Chazy, New York, USA

Married: Marie-Agathe MASSE 24 June 1811 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1747
04 July 1747
Chambly, 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-Baptise LAPORTE and Marie-Louise MARIN 8 January 1776, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 28 years old.

1782 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise MARIN died 1 June 1782, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

1783 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptise LAPORTE and Marie SOUTIERE LA GIROFLEE 01 March 1783, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 35 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was born 12 January 1787, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptise was 39 years old.

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)

1811 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE married 24 June 1811, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie-Agathe MASSE

Death — 1813
27 March 1813
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 65.

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