Jean-Baptiste DUMAS

(b. 1 March 1728 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1809 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was born 1 March 1728 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Marie-Anne BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DUMAS and Françoise-Marthe RONDEAU (maternal) Jacques BERGERON and Agnès GRENON

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE 8 October 1751 in Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE was born 6 July 1731 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angélique-Josephte died 2 June 1767 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angélique-Josephte was the child of François-Michel MALBOEUF dit BÉLISLE and Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE.

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS died 10 July 1809 in Nicolet, 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-Baptiste DUMAS married

Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE-- Date: 8 October 1751 Place: Nicolet, Canada, New France
Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE was the child of François-Michel MALBOEUF dit BÉLISLE and Madeleine DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE:

Françoise DUMAS (b.12 March 1759, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1797, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE 10 February 1777 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jeanne-Josephte DUMAS (b.24 September 1760, Nicolet, Canada d. , )
m. François-Marie CARTIER 24 July 1780 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste DUMAS (b.24 November 1764, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 January 1855, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East)
m. Marguerite LAPLANTE 22 October 1787 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1728 Birth
1 March 1728
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS and Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE 8 October 1751, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 23 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Françoise DUMAS was born 12 March 1759, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Josephte DUMAS was born 24 September 1760, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUMAS was born 24 November 1764, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique-Josephte MALBOEUF dite BÉLISLE died 2 June 1767, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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.