Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU

(b. 18 August 1712 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 6 December 1788 , Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU was born 18 August 1712 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Ursule-Élisabeth HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GROLEAU and Geneviève LABERGE (maternal) Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE 24 October 1735 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE was born 31 March 1718 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Thérèse was the child of François MARCOTTE and Marie-Thérèse DESNOYERS.

Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU died 6 December 1788 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Marcotte Marie-Therese

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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 GROLEAU married

Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE-- Date: 24 October 1735 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE was the child of François MARCOTTE and Marie-Thérèse DESNOYERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE:

Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU (b.8 September 1736, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1790, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Elisabeth FRENET (FRENETTE) 23 July 1764 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1712 Birth
18 August 1712
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Marie-Thérèse MARCOTTE 24 October 1735 , Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 23 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU was born 8 September 1736, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU married 23 July 1764 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Marie-Elisabeth FRENET (FRENETTE)

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.