Jean-Baptiste PREVOST

(b. 10 August 1712 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1799 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PREVOST was born 10 August 1712 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PREVOST was the child of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Geneviève SEDILOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin PRÉVOST (PROVOST) and Marie Olivier SYLVESTRE MANITOUABEOUICH (maternal) Jean SEDILOT and Marie-Claude DELAHOGUE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Angélique BUISSON (BISSON) 9 May 1734 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique BUISSON (BISSON) was born 27 March 1706 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Angélique was the child of Michel-Pierre BUISSON and Catherine FACHE.

Jean-Baptiste PREVOST died 28 February 1799 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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 PREVOST married

Angélique BUISSON (BISSON)-- Date: 9 May 1734 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Angélique BUISSON (BISSON) was the child of Michel-Pierre BUISSON and Catherine FACHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Angélique BUISSON (BISSON):

Françoise PREVOST (b.26 April 1746, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste VANDANDAIGUE 11 April 1768 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

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1712 Birth
10 August 1712
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PREVOST and Angélique BUISSON (BISSON) 9 May 1734, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Françoise PREVOST was born 26 April 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Françoise PREVOST married 11 April 1768 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Jean-Baptiste VANDANDAIGUE

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.