Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER BELLECOUR DESRUISSEAUX

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27 June 1746 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Died

27 March 1802 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER Charlotte DESBROYEUX (DESBRIEUX)

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Born: 27 June 1746 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER

Mother: Charlotte DESBROYEUX (DESBRIEUX)

Paternal grandparents: François-Marie TROTTIER dit BELCOURT , Françoise MERCEREAU

Maternal grandparents: François DESBROYEUX (DESBRIEUX) , Madeleine LÉCUYER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE 24 October 1764 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE was born 13 December 1752 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Amable died 2 May 1814 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Amable was the child of Joseph LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Ursule ADAM.

Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER BELLECOUR DESRUISSEAUX died 27 March 1802 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 24 October 1764
Marriage place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Ursule ADAM

Children of Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER BELLECOUR DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE

Joseph BELLECOURT

Born: 17 September 1789, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1863, St Narcisse, Quebec, Canada

Married: Catherine L'HIRONDELLE 1823

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Birth — 1746
27 June 1746
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER BELLECOUR DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Amable LARIOU dite LAFONTAINE 24 October 1764, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph BELLECOURT was born 17 September 1789, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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

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

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