Jean-Baptiste PARADIS

Born

11 October 1730 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

12 January 1811 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Ignace PARADIS Marie-Anne TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

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Born: 11 October 1730 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Ignace PARADIS

Mother: Marie-Anne TURCOT (TURCOTTE)

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume PARADIS , Geneviève MILLOIR

Maternal grandparents: François TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Marguerite OUIMET

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Jean-Baptiste married Veronique CARRIER 25 November 1755 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique CARRIER was born 4 August 1733 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Veronique died 18 November 1816 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Veronique was the child of Charles CARRIER and Veronique GUAY.

Jean-Baptiste PARADIS died 12 January 1811 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS

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Jean-Baptiste PARADIS married

Veronique CARRIER
Marriage date: 25 November 1755
Marriage place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Veronique CARRIER was the child of Charles CARRIER and Veronique GUAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Veronique CARRIER

Jean-Charles PARADIS

Born: 30 December 1770, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise NOEL 12 August 1793 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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Birth — 1730
11 October 1730
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PARADIS and Veronique CARRIER 25 November 1755, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 25 years old.

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.

1770 Birth of Child
Jean-Charles PARADIS was born 30 December 1770, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Jean-Charles PARADIS married 12 August 1793, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Marie-Louise NOEL

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