Jacques DENIS

(b. 12 September 1702 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1787 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques DENIS was born 12 September 1702 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques DENIS was the child of Jacques DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Anne GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Marie-Charlotte ROUSSEL

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Jacques married Marie-Anne PICARD 21 January 1732 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne PICARD was born 25 July 1704 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Anne died 10 May 1788 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN.

Jacques DENIS died 5 May 1787 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Jacques DENIS married

Marie-Anne PICARD-- Date: 21 January 1732 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne PICARD was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN

Children of Jacques DENIS and Marie-Anne PICARD:

Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS (b.29 April 1734, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1764, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephe ROY 19 January 1761 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Gabriel DENIS (b.16 September 1740, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 July 1825, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth LEDUC 23 January 1769 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1702 Birth
12 September 1702
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DENIS and Marie-Anne PICARD 21 January 1732 , Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 29 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS was born 29 April 1734, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jacques was 31 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Gabriel DENIS was born 16 September 1740, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jacques was 38 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS married 19 January 1761, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Marie-Josephe ROY

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.

1764 Death of Child
Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS died 18 May 1764, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 61 years old.

1769 Marriage of Child
Gabriel DENIS married 23 January 1769, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Elisabeth LEDUC

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.