Jean-Baptiste BLAIS

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29 June 1685 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

27 March 1752 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE)Anne PERRAULT (PERROT)

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Born: 29 June 1685 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE)

Mother: Anne PERRAULT (PERROT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève MARTIN 25 October 1709 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Geneviève MARTIN was born 21 December 1678 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 30 April 1727 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Geneviève was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie BUOT.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL 9 November 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL was born abt. 1695 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Henri SENÉCAL and Catherine POUTRE.

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS died 27 March 1752 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France .
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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste BLAIS married

Geneviève MARTIN
Marriage date: 25 October 1709
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Geneviève MARTIN was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie BUOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Geneviève MARTIN

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS

Born: 3 May 1711, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 January 1717, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Pierre BLAIS

Born: abt. 1715, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 January 1717, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean BLAIS

Born: 14 October 1718, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Died: 28 September 1774, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Geneviève CHAUVET dite LAGERNE 28 October 1742 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Ursule BLAIS

Born: abt. 1719, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 February 1749, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Lambert MAILLOT 8 May 1736 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS

Born: abt. 1721, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 December 1798, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

Married: Joseph DUPONT 4 November 1748 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marie-Anne BLAIS

Born: 10 April 1722, Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1766, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Charles GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE 29 July 1740 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Josephte BLAIS

Born: 3 April 1725, Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1800,

Married: Antoine GIRARD 25 September 1747 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS married

Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL
Marriage date: 9 November 1728
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL was the child of Henri SENÉCAL and Catherine POUTRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL

Joseph BLAIS

Born: 8 October 1736, Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Françoise BLAIS 21 January 1765 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1685
29 June 1685
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

'Jean was born on 29 October 1685 and baptized on 2 November at Saint-Jean. He married Genevieve Martin, daughter of Pierre and of Marie Buot on 14 October 1709 at Berthier... Jean married a second time to Marie-Jeanne Senechal, daughter of Henri and of Catherine Poutre, on 9 November 1728 at Boucherville.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 44

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1709 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Geneviève MARTIN 25 October 1709, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS was born 3 May 1711, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Death of Child
Pierre BLAIS died 3 January 1717, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1717 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS died 17 January 1717, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Jean BLAIS was born 14 October 1718, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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

1722 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS was born 10 April 1722, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BLAIS was born 3 April 1725, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1727 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève MARTIN died 30 April 1727, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1728 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BLAIS and Marie-Jeanne SENÉCAL 9 November 1728, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 43 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Ursule BLAIS married 8 May 1736 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jean-Lambert MAILLOT

1736 Birth of Child
Joseph BLAIS was born 8 October 1736, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.

1740 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BLAIS married 29 July 1740 , Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Charles GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE

1742 Marriage of Child
Jean BLAIS married 28 October 1742, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Geneviève CHAUVET dite LAGERNE

1747 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte BLAIS married 25 September 1747, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Antoine GIRARD

1748 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte-Rosalie BLAIS married 4 November 1748 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Joseph DUPONT

1749 Death of Child
Ursule BLAIS died 20 February 1749, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste was 63 years old.

Death — 1752
27 March 1752
Yamachiche, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 66.

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