Jean-Baptiste DROLET

Born

29 January 1748 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Died

16 January 1823 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DROLET Marie-Agathe BERTRAND

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Born: 29 January 1748 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DROLET

Mother: Marie-Agathe BERTRAND

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DROLET , Josephte-Catherine VERRET

Maternal grandparents: Francois BERTRAND , Madeleine MEUNIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite ALAIN 7 February 1774 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ALAIN was born 12 June 1752 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marguerite died 9 May 1818 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marguerite was the child of Pierre ALAIN and Charlotte DROLET.

Jean-Baptiste DROLET died 16 January 1823 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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 DROLET married

Marguerite ALAIN
Marriage date: 7 February 1774
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite ALAIN was the child of Pierre ALAIN and Charlotte DROLET

Children of Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Marguerite ALAIN

Jean-Baptiste DROLET

Born: 3 March 1775, L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 August 1832, L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

Married: Madeleine BEDARD 26 January 1801 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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Birth — 1748
29 January 1748
L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DROLET and Marguerite ALAIN 7 February 1774, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 26 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROLET was born 3 March 1775, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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)

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)

1801 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DROLET married 26 January 1801, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Madeleine BEDARD

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.