Jean-Baptiste DUPONT

(b. 11 September 1748 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1809 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DUPONT was born 11 September 1748 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Geneviève LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis DUPONT and Jeanne PARADIS (maternal) Sixte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Reine DEBLOIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte THEBERGE 14 June 1773 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte THEBERGE was born 3 August 1754 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marie-Josephte died 29 November 1804 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis THEBERGE and Geneviève CHOUINARD.

Jean-Baptiste DUPONT died 12 November 1809 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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-Baptiste DUPONT married

Marie-Josephte THEBERGE-- Date: 14 June 1773 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte THEBERGE was the child of Louis THEBERGE and Geneviève CHOUINARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Josephte THEBERGE:

Pierre DUPONT (b.abt. 1779, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Françoise COTE 10 April 1804 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
11 September 1748
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Marie-Josephte THEBERGE 14 June 1773 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 24 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.