Jean-Baptiste MAHEU

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27 August 1724 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

24 January 1803 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Pierre MAHEU Suzanne GIROUX

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Born: 27 August 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre MAHEU

Mother: Suzanne GIROUX

Paternal grandparents: Charles MAHEU , Marie-Charlotte GARNIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean GIROUX , Suzanne BÉLANGER

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique MARCOUX 22 August 1746 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique MARCOUX was born 5 April 1721 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique died 25 January 1812 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCOUX and Marie-Madeleine MAGNAN.

Jean-Baptiste MAHEU died 24 January 1803 in Beauport, Québec, 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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Angélique MARCOUX
Marriage date: 22 August 1746
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Angélique MARCOUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCOUX and Marie-Madeleine MAGNAN

Children of Jean-Baptiste MAHEU and Angélique MARCOUX

Marie-Josephe MAHEU

Born: 21 November 1750, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 29 March 1821, Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Louis VALLEE 10 February 1772 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marguerite MAHEU

Born: 5 April 1752, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 October 1832, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques GARNEAU 14 June 1773 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Madeleine MAHEU

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 September 1835, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne DEMERS 14 October 1794 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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Birth — 1724
27 August 1724
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MAHEU and Angélique MARCOUX 22 August 1746, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe MAHEU was born 21 November 1750, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marguerite MAHEU was born 5 April 1752, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe MAHEU married 10 February 1772, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Louis VALLEE

1773 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MAHEU married 14 June 1773, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Jacques GARNEAU

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Madeleine MAHEU married 14 October 1794 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Etienne DEMERS

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