Jean-Baptiste AUGER

(b. 5 May 1728 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 20 September 1797 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste AUGER was born 5 May 1728 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste AUGER was the child of Louis AUGER and Marie-Elisabeth HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis AUGER and Marie-Antoinette BARABÉ (maternal) Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Madeleine LEMAY

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT 9 August 1751 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 30 March 1793 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Louise was the child of Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Agnes-Charlotte METHOT.

Jean-Baptiste AUGER died 20 September 1797 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .

m. Tousignant Marie-Louise

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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 AUGER married

Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT-- Date: 9 August 1751 Place: Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT was the child of Noel TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Agnes-Charlotte METHOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste AUGER and Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT:

Jean-Baptiste AUGER (b.21 March 1755, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 11 July 1804, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Felicite BENOIT dite ABEL 2 October 1780 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1728 Birth
5 May 1728
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste AUGER and Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT 9 August 1751, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

He was 23 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste AUGER was born 21 March 1755, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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.

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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste AUGER married 2 October 1780, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Marie-Felicite BENOIT dite ABEL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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