Michel JEAN

Born

abt. 1748 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

2 November 1796 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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François-Pierre JEAN Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Michel JEAN was born abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel JEAN was the child of François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JEAN and Anne-Madeleine PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU) (maternal) Jean LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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Michel married Marie-Françoise CARON 21 January 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise CARON was born 27 October 1751 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise died 27 March 1811 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Joseph CARON and Marie-Josephte ST-PIERRE.

Michel JEAN died 2 November 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Michel JEAN married

Marie-Françoise CARON-- Date: 21 January 1771 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Françoise CARON was the child of Joseph CARON and Marie-Josephte ST-PIERRE

Children of Michel JEAN and Marie-Françoise CARON

Louis JEAN (b.24 June 1776, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Julie GAGNON 10 October 1797 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph JEAN (b.16 March 1791, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 18 January 1854, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Geneviève LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR 23 January 1815 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Michel JEAN and Marie-Françoise CARON 21 January 1771, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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.