Jean-Baptiste JOLY

(b. 13 January 1712 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1792 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste JOLY was born 13 January 1712 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Madeleine POUPEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas JOLY and Françoise HUNEAULT (maternal) Vincent POUPEAU and Madeleine BARSA

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Veronique PARIS 6 June 1735 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique PARIS was born 18 April 1715 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Veronique died 15 September 1745 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Veronique was the child of Gilles-Francois PARIS dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Catherine MEZERAY.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Anne LAMOTHE 7 November 1746 in Laval, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne LAMOTHE was born 11 September 1704 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Anne died 15 March 1761 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Anne was the child of François-Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Anne LEROUX.

Jean-Baptiste JOLY died 7 March 1792 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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 JOLY married

Veronique PARIS-- Date: 6 June 1735 Place: Terrebonne, Canada, New France
Veronique PARIS was the child of Gilles-Francois PARIS dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Catherine MEZERAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Veronique PARIS:

Marie-Josephte JOLY (b.30 September 1736, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste FORGET 10 February 1755 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Jean-Baptiste JOLY married

Marie-Anne LAMOTHE-- Date: 7 November 1746 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne LAMOTHE was the child of François-Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Anne LEROUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Marie-Anne LAMOTHE:

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1712 Birth
13 January 1712
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Veronique PARIS 6 June 1735, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 23 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte JOLY was born 30 September 1736, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1745 Death of Spouse/Partner
Veronique PARIS died 15 September 1745, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

1746 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Marie-Anne LAMOTHE 7 November 1746, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 34 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte JOLY married 10 February 1755, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Jean-Baptiste FORGET

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne LAMOTHE died 15 March 1761, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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.