Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

(b. 4 August 1726 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1779 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was born 4 August 1726 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angélique LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Madeleine MASSOT (MASSAULT) (maternal) Jean LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) dit BEAUCERON and Anne-Marie BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise PROVOST 28 January 1750 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Louise PROVOST was born 13 September 1726 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 12 May 1812 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph-Francois PROVOST and Marie-Louise GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE.

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE died 26 July 1779 in Berthierville, 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 LAPORTE married

Marie-Louise PROVOST-- Date: 28 January 1750 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise PROVOST was the child of Joseph-Francois PROVOST and Marie-Louise GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Louise PROVOST:

Louis LAPORTE (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 April 1808, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

Marie-Louise LAPORTE (b.13 May 1756, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1829, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LATOUR dit LAFORGE 10 January 1780 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Pierre LAPORTE (b.28 May 1766, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Joseph LAPORTE (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 February 1836, Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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1726 Birth
4 August 1726
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Louise PROVOST 28 January 1750 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 23 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LAPORTE was born 13 May 1756, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Pierre LAPORTE was born 28 May 1766, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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.