Jean-Baptiste HETU

Born

8 March 1751 , Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Died

26 March 1813 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste HETU Marie-Catherine ROBILLARD

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Born: 8 March 1751 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste HETU

Mother: Marie-Catherine ROBILLARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste HETU dit LAFLEUR , Marie-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ROBILLARD , Catherine COUTU (COTTU)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD 4 January 1777 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD was born 28 August 1757 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise died 7 March 1809 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Pierre DALCOURT dit GUIGNARD and Antoinette LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Jean-Baptiste HETU died 26 March 1813 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .

m. Marie Louise Dalcourt dit Guignard, 4 January 1777 somewhere in Quebec Province

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Jean-Baptiste HETU married

Marie-Louise DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD
Marriage date: 4 January 1777
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Louise DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD was the child of Pierre DALCOURT dit GUIGNARD and Antoinette LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

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François-Xavier HETU

Born: abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Adelaide PRUD'HOMME 10 June 1834 Place: Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1751
8 March 1751
Lavaltrie, 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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HETU and Marie-Louise DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD 4 January 1777, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 25 years old.

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)

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