Jean-François BEDARD

(b. 12 March 1741 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1815 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François BEDARD was born 12 March 1741 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-François BEDARD was the child of Pierre BEDARD and Marie-Louise GARNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BÉDARD and Marie-Madeleine AUCLAIR dite DESNOYERS (maternal) Jean GARNEAU and Louise HUOT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-François married Therese LECLERC 27 February 1764 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese LECLERC was born 29 August 1740 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Therese died 12 April 1813 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Therese was the child of Ambroise LECLERC and Geneviève HUPPE.

Jean-François BEDARD died 20 October 1815 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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-François BEDARD married

Therese LECLERC-- Date: 27 February 1764 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese LECLERC was the child of Ambroise LECLERC and Geneviève HUPPE

Children of Jean-François BEDARD and Therese LECLERC:

Therese BEDARD (b.abt. 1764, d. , )
m. Claude THOMAS dit BIGAOUETTE 1 September 1795 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1741 Birth
12 March 1741
Charlesbourg, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François BEDARD and Therese LECLERC 27 February 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Therese BEDARD married 1 September 1795, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Claude THOMAS dit BIGAOUETTE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)