Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 January 1823 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL was the child of Charles BOISSEL and Thérèse DAUDELIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOISSEL and Angélique-Marguerite SALOIS (maternal) René DAUDELIN and Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine EDELINE 26 January 1767 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine EDELINE was born 10 February 1746 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 25 November 1825 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste EDELINE and Josephe-Catherine PICHÉ.

Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL died 18 January 1823 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. Edeline Marie-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 BOISSEL married

Marie-Catherine EDELINE-- Date: 26 January 1767 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine EDELINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste EDELINE and Josephe-Catherine PICHÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL and Marie-Catherine EDELINE:

Henri BOISSEL (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Josette BÉRARD dite LEPINE 6 August 1804 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL and Marie-Catherine EDELINE 26 January 1767, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage of Child
Henri BOISSEL married 6 August 1804, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Josette BÉRARD dite LEPINE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England