flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  DUMAS

  (b. 24 November 1764 Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 25 January 1855 Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East )  

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Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was born 24 November 1764 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUMAS   and   Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Marie-Anne BERGERON (maternal)  François-Michel MALBOEUF dit BÉLISLE and Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marguerite LAPLANTE 22 October 1787 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LAPLANTE  was born 27 January 1771 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) .  Marguerite died 30 September 1847 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada.  Marguerite was the child of Joseph LAPLANTE and Marie-Louise COTTRET.

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS died 25 January 1855 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East.
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Did You Know? 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 DUMAS married flag female ancestor Marguerite LAPLANTE-- Date: 22 October 1787 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite LAPLANTE was the child of Joseph LAPLANTE and Marie-Louise COTTRET




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birth1764 Birth
24 November 1764
Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
News1775 - 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.
marriage1787 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Marguerite LAPLANTE 22 October 1787, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 22 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1798 Birth of Child
Marguerite DUMAS was born 26 February 1798, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1820 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DUMAS married 17 January 1820, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to François-Bélonie PHILIPPIN dit BÉFFORT
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite LAPLANTE died 30 September 1847, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
death1855 Death
25 January 1855
Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East

He died at the age of 90.
Added: 7/2/2025 6:37:21 PM - Updated: 7/2/2025 6:37:46 PM

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