Jean-Baptiste SOREL

(b. 31 January 1758 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1832 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SOREL was born 31 January 1758 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SOREL was the child of Michel SOREL (SAUREL) and Catherine LESIEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hilaire-Jean-Baptiste SOREL dit LEVEILLE and Geneviève BRAULT dite POMANVILLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit CALOT and Louise DENOYON

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

Jean-Baptiste married Josephte FOX dite BELANGER 24 November 1783 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte FOX dite BELANGER was born abt. 1763

Jean-Baptiste SOREL died 27 August 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste SOREL married

Josephte FOX dite BELANGER-- Date: 24 November 1783 Place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Jean-Baptiste SOREL and Josephte FOX dite BELANGER:

Joseph SOREL (b.19 August 1787, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 April 1870, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RIEL 23 January 1809 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1758 Birth
31 January 1758
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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
Jean-Baptiste SOREL and Josephte FOX dite BELANGER 24 November 1783, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

He was 25 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Joseph SOREL was born 19 August 1787, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Joseph SOREL married 23 January 1809, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise RIEL

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)