Jean-Louis PRIMEAU

(b. 2 November 1749 , Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. 12 June 1820 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Louis PRIMEAU was born 2 November 1749 in Châteauguay, Canada, New France

Jean-Louis PRIMEAU was the child of Pierre PRIMEAU and Marie-Anne COUILLARD dite LAROCQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PRIMEAU and Marie-Thérèse DENEAU (DENIAU) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Anne-Jeanne CÉLÉRIER dite DESLAURIERS

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

Jean-Louis married Madeleine CARON 11 January 1773 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine CARON was born 11 May 1754 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste CARON and Josephe DUQUET.

Jean-Louis PRIMEAU died 12 June 1820 in Châteauguay, 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-Louis PRIMEAU married

Madeleine CARON-- Date: 11 January 1773 Place: Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine CARON was the child of Jean-Baptiste CARON and Josephe DUQUET

Children of Jean-Louis PRIMEAU and Madeleine CARON:

Felicite PRIMEAU (b.1 August 1786, Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 March 1870, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada )
m. Paul BOURCIER 9 February 1807 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1749 Birth
2 November 1749
Châteauguay, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis PRIMEAU and Madeleine CARON 11 January 1773, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 23 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)

1786 Birth of Child
Felicite PRIMEAU was born 1 August 1786, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Jean-Louis was 36 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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Felicite PRIMEAU married 9 February 1807, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Paul BOURCIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.