Jacques LETOURNEAU

(b. 6 February 1739 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1817 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Jacques LETOURNEAU was born 6 February 1739 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jacques LETOURNEAU was the child of Nicolas LETOURNEAU and Thérèse LABRECQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LÉTOURNEAU and Anne BLOUIN (maternal) Jacques LABRECQUE and Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER) dite LAVALLEE

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

Jacques married Marie MEUNIER 8 April 1777 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MEUNIER was born abt. 1752 in France. Marie died 24 March 1828 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie was the child of Louis-Charles MEUNIER and Marie-Marguerite VACHERIE.

Jacques LETOURNEAU died 28 October 1817 in Rimouski, 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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Jacques LETOURNEAU married

Marie MEUNIER-- Date: 8 April 1777 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie MEUNIER was the child of Louis-Charles MEUNIER and Marie-Marguerite VACHERIE

Children of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie MEUNIER:

Claude LETOURNEAU (b.5 November 1791, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève LEVESQUE 9 February 1813 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1739 Birth
6 February 1739
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LETOURNEAU and Marie MEUNIER 8 April 1777, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 38 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

1791 Birth of Child
Claude LETOURNEAU was born 5 November 1791, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jacques was 52 years old.

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Claude LETOURNEAU married 9 February 1813, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Geneviève LEVESQUE