Jean-Baptiste HEBERT

(b. abt. 1741 , Pisiquit, Acadia d. 26 October 1811 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste HEBERT was born abt. 1741 in Pisiquit, Acadia

Jean-Baptiste HEBERT was the child of Jean Baptiste HÉBERT and Elisabeth GRANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne HÉBERT and Jeanne COMEAU (maternal) Pierre GRANGER and Elisabeth Isabelle GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Jean-Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Rose LEBLANC 24 August 1762 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay . Marie-Rose LEBLANC was born 25 March 1732 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Marie-Rose died 21 May 1771 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Rose was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie Anne ARSENAULT 4 November 1771 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie Anne ARSENAULT was born abt. 1744 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Anne died 8 October 1801 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie Anne was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise POIRIER.

Jean-Baptiste HEBERT died 26 October 1811 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Arsenault Marie-Anne
m. Leblanc Marie-Rose

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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste HEBERT was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste HEBERT married

Marie-Rose LEBLANC-- Date: 24 August 1762 Place: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Marie-Rose LEBLANC was the child of Pierre LEBLANC and Françoise LANDRY

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Jean-Baptiste HEBERT married

Marie Anne ARSENAULT-- Date: 4 November 1771 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Anne ARSENAULT was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Françoise POIRIER

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HEBERT and Marie-Rose LEBLANC 24 August 1762, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste HEBERT and Marie Anne ARSENAULT 4 November 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Rose LEBLANC died 21 May 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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.