Jean GUILLEMIN

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abt. 1726 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 June 1802 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean GUILLEMIN Françoise DORION

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Born: abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean GUILLEMIN

Mother: Françoise DORION

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DORION , Jeanne-Andree HÉDOUIN

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Jean married Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE) 16 October 1769 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE) was born 2 December 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite died 5 April 1804 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite was the child of Jean LETARTE (LETARTRE) and Marguerite SERRE (SÉRÉ).

Jean GUILLEMIN died 26 June 1802 in Québec, 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 GUILLEMIN married

Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE)
Marriage date: 16 October 1769
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE) was the child of Jean LETARTE (LETARTRE) and Marguerite SERRE (SÉRÉ)

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Prisque GUILLEMIN

Born: 6 June 1778, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Monique PAQUET 4 February 1799 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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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 GUILLEMIN and Marguerite LETARTE (LETARTRE) 16 October 1769, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.

1778 Birth of Child
Prisque GUILLEMIN was born 6 June 1778, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Prisque GUILLEMIN married 4 February 1799, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Monique PAQUET

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