Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU

(b. 26 February 1727 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1814 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was born 26 February 1727 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU was the child of Pierre DRAPEAU and Marie-Anne LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DRAPEAU and Marie-Charlotte JOLY (maternal) Joseph-David LACROIX and Marie-Barthélémie MAILLOUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Rose FERLAND 31 January 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Rose FERLAND was born abt. 1732 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Rose died 11 April 1778 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Rose was the child of François FERLAND and Anne PAULET.

Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU died 15 March 1814 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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 DRAPEAU married

Marie-Rose FERLAND-- Date: 31 January 1752 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Rose FERLAND was the child of François FERLAND and Anne PAULET

Children of Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU and Marie-Rose FERLAND:

Marie-Madeleine DRAPEAU (b.30 August 1755, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1841 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )
m. François-Xavier GAGNON 21 January 1782 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Simon DRAPEAU (b.17 March 1768, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 May 1856, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )
m. Marie-Françoise DEMERS 15 July 1793 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
26 February 1727
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DRAPEAU and Marie-Rose FERLAND 31 January 1752 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DRAPEAU was born 30 August 1755, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Simon DRAPEAU was born 17 March 1768, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 41 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.