Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BLAIS

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10 April 1741 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Died

16 June 1818 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Jacques BLAIS Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR

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Born: 10 April 1741 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques BLAIS

Mother: Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) , Anne PERRAULT (PERROT)

Maternal grandparents: Julien-Charles SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR , Marguerite ROGNON dite LAROCHE

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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine married Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY 30 April 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 15 April 1803 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite was the child of Jean-François AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU.

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine married (2) Angélique FLEURY 8 October 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . Angélique FLEURY was born abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angélique died 12 March 1855 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Alexis FLEURY and Marie-Anne SICARD.

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BLAIS died 16 June 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY
Marriage date: 30 April 1764
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY was the child of Jean-François AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU

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Angélique FLEURY
Marriage date: 8 October 1804
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Angélique FLEURY was the child of Alexis FLEURY and Marie-Anne SICARD

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Birth — 1741
10 April 1741
Yamachiche, 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.

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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BLAIS and Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY 30 April 1764 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.