Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE

(b. 21 February 1730 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1803 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was born 21 February 1730 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE was the child of Nicolas LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Rose MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE (maternal) Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte RIEL 11 August 1760 in Lavaltrie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte RIEL was born 16 May 1738 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Josephte died 8 January 1765 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jacques-Michel RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Elisabeth-Isabelle DEGAME (DEGANNE).

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE died 29 January 1803 in Lavaltrie, Lower 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-Josephte RIEL-- Date: 11 August 1760 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada
Marie-Josephte RIEL was the child of Jacques-Michel RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Elisabeth-Isabelle DEGAME (DEGANNE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Josephte RIEL:

Josephte LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre BRAULT 10 February 1784 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1730 Birth
21 February 1730
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE and Marie-Josephte RIEL 11 August 1760 , Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 30 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.

1765 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte RIEL died 8 January 1765, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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.