Jacques MENARD

(b. 24 November 1750 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 September 1796 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Jacques MENARD was born 24 November 1750 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jacques MENARD was the child of Joseph-Louis MENARD and Elisabeth TOUPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Claude MENARD and Francoise VACHON (maternal) Ignace-François TOUPIN and Marie-Elisabeth DUPRAC

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Jacques married Marie-Therese DESMARAIS 1 July 1783 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese DESMARAIS was born 29 October 1761 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Therese died 19 June 1817 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie-Therese was the child of Joseph-Alexis DESMARAIS and Rose LOISELLE.

Jacques MENARD died 18 September 1796 in Saint-Jacques, 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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Jacques MENARD married

Marie-Therese DESMARAIS-- Date: 1 July 1783 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Therese DESMARAIS was the child of Joseph-Alexis DESMARAIS and Rose LOISELLE

Children of Jacques MENARD and Marie-Therese DESMARAIS:

Marie-Madeleine MENARD (b.2 June 1786, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1843, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East)
m. Francois-Xavier LANGLOIS 7 July 1806 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1750 Birth
24 November 1750
Beauport, 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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Jacques MENARD and Marie-Therese DESMARAIS 1 July 1783, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MENARD was born 2 June 1786, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Jacques was 35 years old.

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

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