Jean MARCEAU

(b. 5 August 1736 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1787 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean MARCEAU was born 5 August 1736 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean MARCEAU was the child of Antoine MARCEAU and Madeleine GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis MARCEAU and Jeanne DUMAS (maternal) Dominique GAGNE and Marie-Madeleine BUTEAU

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

Jean married Felicite ROULEAU 27 January 1766 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite ROULEAU was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Felicite died 6 November 1794 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Felicite was the child of Guillaume ROULEAU and Cécile GODIN.

Jean MARCEAU died 18 June 1787 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 MARCEAU married

Felicite ROULEAU-- Date: 27 January 1766 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Felicite ROULEAU was the child of Guillaume ROULEAU and Cécile GODIN

Children of Jean MARCEAU and Felicite ROULEAU:

Jean-Baptiste MARCEAU (b.19 October 1767, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 August 1847, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Elisabeth PINEAULT 12 January 1796 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1736 Birth
5 August 1736
Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jean MARCEAU and Felicite ROULEAU 27 January 1766, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 29 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARCEAU was born 19 October 1767, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean was 31 years old.

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.