Jean-Baptiste DURETTE

Born

6 May 1735 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

12 November 1786 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charles DURETTE Marie-Françoise GIRARD

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Born: 6 May 1735 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Charles DURETTE

Mother: Marie-Françoise GIRARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques DURETTE , Catherine JAMIN (JASMIN)

Maternal grandparents: Etienne GIRARD dit BRETON , Catherine Marguerite DESGRES

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Bibiane LABERGE 7 January 1761 in Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Bibiane LABERGE was born 13 November 1733 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Bibiane died 15 November 1816 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).

Jean-Baptiste DURETTE died 12 November 1786 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, 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 DURETTE married

Marie-Bibiane LABERGE
Marriage date: 7 January 1761
Marriage place: Québec, Canada

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Marie-Madeleine DURETTE

Born: 7 October 1761, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Xavier TREMBLAY 29 April 1783 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Josephte DURETTE

Born: 18 April 1767, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 18 June 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Louis BERGERON 17 January 1787 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marguerite DURETTE

Born: 25 October 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 August 1832, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Joseph GAGNON 16 November 1790 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1735
6 May 1735
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Marie-Bibiane LABERGE 7 January 1761, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 25 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DURETTE was born 7 October 1761, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DURETTE was born 18 April 1767, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marguerite DURETTE was born 25 October 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine DURETTE married 29 April 1783, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to François-Xavier TREMBLAY

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)