Jean-Baptiste MOREAU

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7 April 1761 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Died

27 May 1811 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MOREAU Catherine RHÉAUME

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Born: 7 April 1761 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MOREAU

Mother: Catherine RHÉAUME

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MOREAU dit LAGRANGE , Geneviève FONTAINE

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel RHÉAUME , Catherine SIMARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise FOURNIER 5 November 1789 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise FOURNIER was born 2 December 1756 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Francoise died 1 June 1810 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Francoise was the child of Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS and Catherine TURGEON.

Jean-Baptiste MOREAU died 27 May 1811 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-Baptiste MOREAU married

Francoise FOURNIER
Marriage date: 5 November 1789
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise FOURNIER was the child of Jacques FOURNIER dit DESILETS and Catherine TURGEON

Children of Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Francoise FOURNIER

Joseph MOREAU

Born: 16 October 1794, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1851, Les Escoumins, Saguenay, Cote-Nord, Canada East

Married: Marie LATSHIMAPIMAT VOLANT 27 May 1822

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Birth — 1761
7 April 1761
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Francoise FOURNIER 5 November 1789, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Joseph MOREAU was born 16 October 1794, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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