flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  FOREST

  (b. 2 January 1736 Port Royal, Acadia   d. 15 July 1822 L'Assomption, Lower Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste FOREST was born 2 January 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean-Baptiste FOREST was the child of François FOREST   and   Jeanne GIROURARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  René FOREST and Françoise DUGAS (maternal)  Alexandre GIROUARD and Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Josephte HEBERT abt. 1764 in Crown Colony of Connecticut .  The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephte HEBERT  was born 23 July 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Marie-Josephte died 27 November 1834 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).  Marie-Josephte was the child of Alexandre HEBERT and Marie-Josephe AMIRAULT.

Jean-Baptiste FOREST died 15 July 1822 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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 FOREST married flag female ancestor Marie-Josephte HEBERT-- Date: abt. 1764 Place: , Crown Colony of Connecticut
Marie-Josephte HEBERT was the child of Alexandre HEBERT and Marie-Josephe AMIRAULT




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birth1736 Birth
2 January 1736
Port Royal, Acadia
Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
1769 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FOREST was born 1 April 1769, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.
1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth FOREST was born 29 May 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.
1774 Death of Child
Marie-Elisabeth FOREST died 20 October 1774, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.
News1775 - 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.
1784 Birth of Child
Isaie FOREST was born 7 April 1784, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 48 years old.
1787 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier FOREST was born 2 June 1787, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1793 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste FOREST married 24 June 1793, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Anne POIRIER
marriage1805 Marriage of Child
Isaie FOREST married 14 October 1805 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Anne AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
death1822 Death
15 July 1822
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 86.
Added: 2/16/2019 10:18:38 AM - Updated: 2/16/2019 10:24:51 AM

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