Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

Born

4 March 1726 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Died

4 December 1792 , Chambly, Lower Canada

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Jacques CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT

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Born: 4 March 1726 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Father: Jacques CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

Mother: Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) , Anne MAGNAN

Maternal grandparents: Andre ARCHAMBAULT , Cecile ADHEMAR

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET 29 January 1753 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET was born 26 February 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Geneviève-Barbe was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL.

Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) died 4 December 1792 in Chambly, 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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Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET
Marriage date: 29 January 1753
Marriage place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET

Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Born: 28 April 1755, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 1 November 1788, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Felicite BOURASSA 10 July 1780 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX

Born: 7 July 1758, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 26 March 1837, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Noel VADNAIS 20 January 1783 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marguerite CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)

Born: 25 September 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 18 August 1842, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

Married: René BRUNET 22 October 1792 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Married: Charles VIENS 12 October 1801 Place: Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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Birth — 1726
4 March 1726
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET 29 January 1753, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 26 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was born 28 April 1755, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX was born 7 July 1758, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marguerite CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was born 25 September 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) married 10 July 1780, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Felicite BOURASSA

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX married 20 January 1783, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Joseph-Noel VADNAIS

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) died 1 November 1788, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 62 years old.

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

Death — 1792
4 December 1792
Chambly, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 66.

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