Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND

(b. 2 April 1758 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1817 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND was born 2 April 1758 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Elisabeth LEGRAIN dite LAVALLÉE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Adrien-Charles LEGRAIN dit LAVALLÉE and Thankful Louise Therese STEBBENS

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

Jean-Baptiste married Francoise NADEAU 31 January 1780 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise NADEAU was born 23 April 1759 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Francoise died 20 May 1832 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Francoise was the child of Louis NADEAU and Marie-Françoise CAZAULT.

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND died 2 January 1817 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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 BERTRAND married

Francoise NADEAU-- Date: 31 January 1780 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise NADEAU was the child of Louis NADEAU and Marie-Françoise CAZAULT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Francoise NADEAU:

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND (b.16 December 1780, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 January 1867, Iberville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne LEBEAU 10 November 1806 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1758 Birth
2 April 1758
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Francoise NADEAU 31 January 1780, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 21 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND was born 16 December 1780, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND married 10 November 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Marie-Anne LEBEAU