Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC

Born

31 March 1716 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

21 March 1797 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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René LEBLANC dit LABRIE Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

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Born: 31 March 1716 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: René LEBLANC dit LABRIE

Mother: Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas LEBLANC dit LABRIE , Marie-Madeleine DUTEAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE , Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS 23 November 1745 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was born 18 December 1722 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Geneviève died 6 May 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT.

Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC died 21 March 1797 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

married Genevieve DESROSIERS-DESILETS, (m. 23 NOV 1745, Trois-Rivieres, St-Maurice, QC)

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Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS
Marriage date: 23 November 1745
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

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Birth — 1716
31 March 1716
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC and Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS 23 November 1745, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 29 years old.

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.

1777 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS died 6 May 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

Death — 1797
21 March 1797
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 81.

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