Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE

(b. 27 February 1721 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1777 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE was born 27 February 1721 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Charlotte RAINVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie CRÊSTE (CRÊTE) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RAINVILLE and Marguerite VALLEE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN 20 September 1751 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN was born 11 February 1733 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise died 18 May 1810 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Louis BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Anne GAGNON.

Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE died 8 April 1777 in Saint-Ours, 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 LEFEBVRE married

Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN-- Date: 20 September 1751 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN was the child of Louis BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Anne GAGNON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN:

Marguerite LEFEBVRE (b.16 June 1761, Terrebonne, Canada d. 18 January 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Adrien MENARD 24 January 1780 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE (b.10 February 1765, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Adrien MENARD 5 February 1787 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
27 February 1721
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN 20 September 1751 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 30 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Marguerite LEFEBVRE was born 16 June 1761, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE was born 10 February 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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.