Jean-Francois TREPANIER

(b. 30 June 1762 , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1819 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Jean-Francois TREPANIER was born 30 June 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Francois TREPANIER was the child of Prisque TREPANIER and Louise VEILLETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin TREPANIER and Angélique DERY (maternal) Jean VEILLETTE and Marie-Catherine LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE

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

Jean-Francois married Marie-Angelique GERLAIS 23 October 1786 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique GERLAIS was born 2 June 1765 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Angelique died 28 September 1829 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Angelique was the child of Jean GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) and Marguerite RENAUD.

Jean-Francois TREPANIER died 4 July 1819 in Québec Province, 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-Francois TREPANIER married

Marie-Angelique GERLAIS-- Date: 23 October 1786 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angelique GERLAIS was the child of Jean GERLAISE (DESJARLAIS) and Marguerite RENAUD

Children of Jean-Francois TREPANIER and Marie-Angelique GERLAIS:

Paul TREPANIER (b.11 September 1796, Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 24 February 1869, St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marguerite VALLIERE (VALLIERES) 15 August 1825 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1762 Birth
30 June 1762
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Francois TREPANIER and Marie-Angelique GERLAIS 23 October 1786, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 24 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Birth of Child
Paul TREPANIER was born 11 September 1796, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Francois was 34 years old.

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

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.