Jean PROVOST (PREVOST)

Born

5 March 1746 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Died

5 January 1798 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Ange-Francois PREVOST Francoise MEILLEUR

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Born: 5 March 1746 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Ange-Francois PREVOST

Mother: Francoise MEILLEUR

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PREVOST , Geneviève SEDILOT

Maternal grandparents: Jean MEILLEUR (LEMEILLEUR) , Elisabeth VERRET dite LAVERDURE

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Jean married Marie-Catherine VERMET 6 November 1769 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine VERMET was born 21 May 1752 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 29 September 1824 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of Jacques-Philippe VERMET dit LAFORME and Madeleine MIGNERON.

Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) died 5 January 1798 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Catherine VERMET
Marriage date: 6 November 1769
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine VERMET was the child of Jacques-Philippe VERMET dit LAFORME and Madeleine MIGNERON

Children of Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie-Catherine VERMET

Marie-Louise PROVOST

Born: 17 October 1777, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 August 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada

Married: Henri ROBIDOUX 5 October 1801 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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Birth — 1746
5 March 1746
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) and Marie-Catherine VERMET 6 November 1769, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.