Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE

(b. 10 November 1747 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1824 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was born 10 November 1747 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was the child of Étienne FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne GUILLOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FRECHETTE and Marie-Françoise SARAZIN dite DEPELTEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GUILLOT and Marie-Anne LEGRIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne HODIESNE 16 October 1772 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie-Anne HODIESNE was born 24 October 1753 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne died 7 June 1826 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Gervais HODIESNE and Marguerite LAREAU.

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE died 16 December 1824 in Châteauguay, 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 FRECHETTE married

Marie-Anne HODIESNE-- Date: 16 October 1772 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne HODIESNE was the child of Gervais HODIESNE and Marguerite LAREAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne HODIESNE:

Marie-Anne FRECHETTE (b.20 February 1775, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marguerite FRECHETTE (b.29 September 1777, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Angelique FRECHETTE (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Josephte FRECHETTE (b.6 May 1779, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Elisabeth FRECHETTE (b.31 May 1785, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marguerite-Felicite FRECHETTE (b.31 May 1786, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 October 1827, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE (b.5 November 1792, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 20 November 1842, Sainte-Martine, Canada East)

Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE (b.abt. 1794, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François GOYETTE (GOYET) 8 May 1815 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1747 Birth
10 November 1747
Québec, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE and Marie-Anne HODIESNE 16 October 1772, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 24 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FRECHETTE was born 20 February 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marguerite FRECHETTE was born 29 September 1777, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Josephte FRECHETTE was born 6 May 1779, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Elisabeth FRECHETTE was born 31 May 1785, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Felicite FRECHETTE was born 31 May 1786, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was born 5 November 1792, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE married 8 May 1815, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to François GOYETTE (GOYET)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England