Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

(b. 19 July 1747 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 10 May 1796 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 19 July 1747 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was the child of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Judith LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve PAULET (maternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Catherine GONTHIER 23 November 1773 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine GONTHIER was born 19 April 1756 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Catherine died 11 August 1830 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Catherine was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE).

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET died 10 May 1796 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada.

m. Gonthier Catherine

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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 PAQUET married

Catherine GONTHIER-- Date: 23 November 1773 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine GONTHIER was the child of Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Catherine GONTHIER:

Marie PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE (b.15 February 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Alexandre PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.5 November 1783, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 June 1876, St-Isidore )

Jean PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.27 November 1790, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 October 1873, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada )

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1747 Birth
19 July 1747
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Catherine GONTHIER 23 November 1773, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 15 February 1780, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Alexandre PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 5 November 1783, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Jean PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 27 November 1790, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)