Jean-Bernard PELLETIER

(b. 4 March 1724 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1797 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Bernard PELLETIER was born 4 March 1724 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Jean-Bernard PELLETIER was the child of Jean-François PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine MIGNAULT (maternal) Robert MORIN and Françoise MIGNIER

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Jean-Bernard married Marie-Angélique BOIS 14 February 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique BOIS was born 3 September 1731 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Angélique was the child of Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ.

Jean-Bernard PELLETIER died 28 April 1797 in Saint-Jacques, 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-Bernard PELLETIER married

Marie-Angélique BOIS-- Date: 14 February 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Angélique BOIS was the child of Jacques BOIS and Marie-Angélique MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Children of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Angélique BOIS:

Joseph PELLETIER (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Geneviève ÉTHIER 23 September 1793 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1724 Birth
4 March 1724
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Angélique BOIS 14 February 1756 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He 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.

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.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Joseph PELLETIER married 23 September 1793, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Geneviève ÉTHIER