Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT

(b. 4 June 1746 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1805 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT was born 4 June 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT and Jeanne CORBIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MARCHESSAULT dit LARAMÉE and Madeleine GATIEN (maternal) David CORBIN and Jeanne FAVRON

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise ROY 25 January 1780 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise ROY was born 2 March 1760 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Louise was the child of Laurent ROY and Catherine CORDIER.

Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT died 20 June 1805 in L'Acadie, 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-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT married

Marie-Louise ROY-- Date: 25 January 1780 Place: Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise ROY was the child of Laurent ROY and Catherine CORDIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT and Marie-Louise ROY:

Antoine MARCHESSEAU (b.abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 December 1870, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie AUDET 19 October 1807 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Théophile MARCHESSAULT (MARCHESSEAU) (b.16 March 1797, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 8 August 1863, Saint-Valentin, Canada East)
m. Rose COTE 28 July 1819 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Flavie TREMBLAY 8 November 1825 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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1746 Birth
4 June 1746
Québec, 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.

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARCHESSAULT and Marie-Louise ROY 25 January 1780, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 33 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Théophile MARCHESSAULT (MARCHESSEAU) was born 16 March 1797, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)