Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

(b. 29 August 1738 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1817 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU was born 29 August 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU was the child of Joseph-Blaise ROUSSEAU and Marguerite LAMOTHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin ROUSSEAU and Elisabeth THIBAULT (maternal) Jean DELAMOTHE and Anne BRUNEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise SARAULT (SARRAULT) dite LAVIOLETTE 22 November 1762 in Montréal, Canada . Marie-Louise SARAULT (SARRAULT) dite LAVIOLETTE was born 30 April 1743 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 21 November 1815 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste SARAULT (SARRAULT) dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Thérèse ROSE.

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU died 21 August 1817 in Montréal, 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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Marie-Louise SARAULT (SARRAULT) dite LAVIOLETTE-- Date: 22 November 1762 Place: Montréal, Canada
Marie-Louise SARAULT (SARRAULT) dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SARAULT (SARRAULT) dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Thérèse ROSE

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1738 Birth
29 August 1738
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Marie-Louise SARAULT (SARRAULT) dite LAVIOLETTE 22 November 1762 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 24 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.

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.