Jean-Baptiste ARCAND

(b. 15 August 1731 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1770 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ARCAND was born 15 August 1731 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ARCAND was the child of Antoine ARCAND dit BOURDELAIS and Marie-Madeleine GREGOIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Simon ARCAND dit BOURDELAIS and Marie-Anne INARD (maternal) Joseph GRÉGOIRE and Marie MARCOTTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Claire BLAIS 14 February 1752 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Claire BLAIS was born 29 July 1726 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Claire died 12 November 1798 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Claire was the child of Jacques BLAIS and Louise-Angélique CARTIER.

Jean-Baptiste ARCAND died 26 October 1770 in Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste ARCAND married

Claire BLAIS-- Date: 14 February 1752 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Claire BLAIS was the child of Jacques BLAIS and Louise-Angélique CARTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste ARCAND and Claire BLAIS:

Marie-Claire ARCAND (b.17 August 1753, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 8 December 1805, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph CADORET 7 January 1777 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Françoise ARCAND (b.29 March 1756, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1828, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre Maurice CHAPUT 21 November 1774 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1731 Birth
15 August 1731
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ARCAND and Claire BLAIS 14 February 1752, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 20 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire ARCAND was born 17 August 1753, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Françoise ARCAND was born 29 March 1756, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste 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.