Jean-Baptiste GAREAU

(b. 10 October 1704 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1770 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GAREAU was born 10 October 1704 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GAREAU was the child of Pierre GAREAU and Barbe MONTREUIL dite FRANCOEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Dominique GAREAU and Marie PINARD (maternal) Leonard MONTREUIL dit FRANCOEUR (MONTREAU) and Marguerite LEVAIGNEUR (LE VAIGNEUR)

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Jean-Baptiste married Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON 1 January 1726 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON was born 30 March 1707 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Jeanne-Geneviève died 2 August 1770 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne-Geneviève was the child of Pierre MIGNERON and Marie-Anne CHARRON dite LAFERRIÈRE.

Jean-Baptiste GAREAU died 2 August 1770 in Montréal, Province of Québec, 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 GAREAU married

Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON-- Date: 1 January 1726 Place: Terrebonne, Canada, New France
Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON was the child of Pierre MIGNERON and Marie-Anne CHARRON dite LAFERRIÈRE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAREAU and Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON:

Jean-Baptiste GAREAU (b.11 May 1727, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. , )

Joseph-Marie GAREAU (b.9 March 1728, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. , )

Marguerite GAREAU (b.22 August 1730, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1783, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

Francois GAREAU (b.17 February 1732, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. , )

Jeanne GAREAU (b.7 March 1737, Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. , )

Amable GAREAU (b.5 March 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )

Louise GAREAU (b.18 August 1740, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1796, Montréal, Lower Canada )

Archange GAREAU (b.abt. 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 March 1798, Montréal, Lower Canada )

Francoise GAREAU (b.2 May 1744, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Charlotte GAREAU (b.23 October 1746, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1789, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis PATENAUDE 16 August 1768 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1704 Birth
10 October 1704
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1704 Baptism
Baptism found at Saint-Famille-de-Boucherville, Boucherville, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1726 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAREAU and Jeanne-Geneviève MIGNERON 1 January 1726, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 21 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GAREAU was born 11 May 1727, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie GAREAU was born 9 March 1728, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAREAU was born 22 August 1730, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Francois GAREAU was born 17 February 1732, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Jeanne GAREAU was born 7 March 1737, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Amable GAREAU was born 5 March 1739, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Louise GAREAU was born 18 August 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Francoise GAREAU was born 2 May 1744, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAREAU was born 23 October 1746, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte GAREAU married 16 August 1768, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Alexis PATENAUDE