Jean-Baptiste MORIN

Born

12 October 1744 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

11 September 1810 , Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada

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Claude-Joseph MORIN Marie GAGNE

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Born: 12 October 1744 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Claude-Joseph MORIN

Mother: Marie GAGNE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph MORIN , Agnes BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: François GAGNÉ , Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse LEONARD 25 January 1779 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse LEONARD was born 10 May 1762 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Thérèse died 29 October 1810 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud). Thérèse was the child of François LEONARD dit SIMON and Marguerite-Marie BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS.

Jean-Baptiste MORIN died 11 September 1810 in Argenteuil, Quebec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste MORIN married

Thérèse LEONARD
Marriage date: 25 January 1779
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse LEONARD was the child of François LEONARD dit SIMON and Marguerite-Marie BOUCHER dite DESROSIERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Thérèse LEONARD

Guillaume MORIN

Born: 30 June 1785, Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Angelique JUSSIAUME 7 January 1806 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1744
12 October 1744
Montmagny, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Thérèse LEONARD 25 January 1779, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 34 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Guillaume MORIN was born 30 June 1785, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Guillaume MORIN married 7 January 1806, Rigaud, Lower Canada to Marie-Angelique JUSSIAUME