Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT

Born

7 October 1772 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

abt. 1826 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Marie MAJEAU 10 October 1809 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
Marie MAJEAU was born abt. 1789 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie was the child of Joseph MAGEAU and Therese BEAUPIED .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT

Parents of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT

Father

Alexis VAILLANT

Mother

Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-René VAILLANT Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT

Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT married

Marie MAJEAU
Marriage date: 10 October 1809
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Marie MAJEAU was the child of Joseph MAGEAU and Therese BEAUPIED

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT and Marie MAJEAU

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1772
7 October 1772
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT and Marie MAJEAU 10 October 1809, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 37 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England