Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER

(b. 24 June 1709 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1787 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER was born 24 June 1709 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER was the child of Paul BÉLANGER and Jeanne MAHEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas BÉLANGER and Marie DERAINVILLE (maternal) Pierre MAHEU dit HAZARD and Jeanne DROUIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique VEZINA 10 November 1732 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique VEZINA was born 4 October 1711 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Angélique died 23 April 1784 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique was the child of Pierre VEZINA and Elisabeth-Isabelle MATHIEU.

Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER died 26 May 1787 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER

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Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER married

Angélique VEZINA-- Date: 10 November 1732 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Angélique VEZINA was the child of Pierre VEZINA and Elisabeth-Isabelle MATHIEU

Children of Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER and Angélique VEZINA:

François BÉLANGER (b.12 August 1739, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Anne DUBÉ 21 November 1763 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Therese BELANGER (b.12 April 1746, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 August 1825, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL 24 November 1766 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Ignace BELANGER (b.13 October 1754, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 June 1831, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Jeanne PAGEAU (PAGEOT) 19 January 1777 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1709 Birth
24 June 1709
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER and Angélique VEZINA 10 November 1732, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
François BÉLANGER was born 12 August 1739, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Therese BELANGER was born 12 April 1746, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Ignace BELANGER was born 13 October 1754, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
François BÉLANGER married 21 November 1763, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie-Anne DUBÉ

1766 Marriage of Child
Therese BELANGER married 24 November 1766, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL

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.