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Jean ARCHAMBAULT

(b. 22 January 1730 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1796 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean ARCHAMBAULT was born 22 January 1730 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Jean ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Marguerite HOGUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Catherine LACOMBE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HOGUE and Marie-Barbe COITEUX

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

Jean married Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET 12 November 1753 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children. Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET was born 18 November 1735 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Charlotte died 4 October 1806 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Charles BOUSQUET and Marie-Judith BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE.

Jean ARCHAMBAULT died 13 April 1796 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jean ARCHAMBAULT

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Jean ARCHAMBAULT married

Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET-- Date: 12 November 1753 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET was the child of Charles BOUSQUET and Marie-Judith BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

Children of Jean ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET:

Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT (b.30 September 1754, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 12 September 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET 24 January 1780 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT (b.26 May 1758, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 8 March 1820, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Francois-Xavier CHEVAL 25 October 1779 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine ARCHAMBAULT (b.12 April 1759, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1789, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Antoinette ALLARD 24 September 1781 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine ARCHAMBAULT (b.abt. 1760, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. abt. 1761, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada)

Amable-Cecile ARCHAMBAULT (b.9 November 1761, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. 10 March 1787, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Simon ALLARD 16 October 1780 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT (b.13 June 1765 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1830 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre MEUNIER 4 October 1784 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Pierre ARCHAMBAULT (b.abt. 1768, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1770, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)

Louis ARCHAMBAULT (b.23 December 1775, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 August 1823, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte GIROUARD 2 October 1797 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
22 January 1730
Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

1730 Baptism
Jean Archambeault

Sainte-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur

Unable to find actual baptism record in Drouin Collection, however baptism is listed in the Drouin Collection index for Sainte-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur.

According to PRDH, a child belonging to these parents was baptised in 1730 in Contrecoeur.
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Charlotte BOUSQUET 12 November 1753, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

Jean ARCHAMBAULT - 1753 Marriage. St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, St-Hyacinthe, PQ

1753 Marriage. St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, St-Hyacinthe, PQ
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT was born 30 September 1754, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 24 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT was born 26 May 1758, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 28 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Antoine ARCHAMBAULT was born 12 April 1759, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 29 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Amable-Cecile ARCHAMBAULT was born 9 November 1761, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 31 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
Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT was born 13 June 1765 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 35 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Louis ARCHAMBAULT was born 23 December 1775, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 45 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT married 25 October 1779, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Francois-Xavier CHEVAL

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT married 24 January 1780, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET

1780 Marriage of Child
Amable-Cecile ARCHAMBAULT married 16 October 1780, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Simon ALLARD

1781 Marriage of Child
Antoine ARCHAMBAULT married 24 September 1781, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Antoinette ALLARD

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève ARCHAMBAULT married 4 October 1784, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre MEUNIER

1787 Death of Child
Amable-Cecile ARCHAMBAULT died 10 March 1787, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean was 57 years old.

1789 Death of Child
Antoine ARCHAMBAULT died 1 May 1789, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean was 59 years old.

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

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