Ambroise BABIN

(b. 3 June 1731 , Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia d. 4 February 1797 , Bonaventure, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise BABIN was born 3 June 1731 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Ambroise BABIN was the child of Pierre BABIN and Madeleine BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BABIN and Madeleine RICHARD (maternal) Alexandre BOURG dit BELLE-HUMEUR and Marguerite MELANÇON (MELANSON)

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

Ambroise married Anne CYR abt. 1758 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Anne CYR was born 1 January 1735 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Anne died 10 December 1809 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure). Anne was the child of Jean CYR and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Ambroise BABIN died 4 February 1797 in Bonaventure, 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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Ambroise BABIN married

Anne CYR-- Date: abt. 1758 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Anne CYR was the child of Jean CYR and Anne BOURGEOIS

Children of Ambroise BABIN and Anne CYR:

Joseph BABIN (b.abt. 1764, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 October 1843, Bonaventure, Canada East )
m. Angelique POIRIER 24 November 1788 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Marie Lutine BABIN (b.abt. 1765, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 17 September 1822, , Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Jean-Marie BERNARD 7 November 1780 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

Marie-Angelique BABIN (b.abt. 1769, Bonaventure, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 September 1797, Bonaventure, Lower Canada )
m. Charlemagne ARBOUR 1787 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

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1731 Birth
3 June 1731
Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie Lutine BABIN married 7 November 1780, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Jean-Marie BERNARD

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph BABIN married 24 November 1788, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure) to Angelique POIRIER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)