Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS

(b. 30 April 1747 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1808 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS was born 30 April 1747 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Anne CONTANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Catherine HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS (HUBOU) (maternal) Étienne CONTANT and Marie-Françoise BAZINET

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie RICHARD 3 February 1777 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie RICHARD was born 24 August 1755 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie died 10 July 1814 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie was the child of Pierre-Joseph RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine TELLIER.

Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS died 5 January 1808 in Saint-Jacques, 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 DUPRAS married

Marie RICHARD-- Date: 3 February 1777 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Joseph RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine TELLIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS and Marie RICHARD:

Lambert DUPRAS (b.8 June 1781, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 July 1815, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte VIGNEAULT 18 January 1802 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

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1747 Birth
30 April 1747
Lachenaie, 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
Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS and Marie RICHARD 3 February 1777, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 29 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Lambert DUPRAS was born 8 June 1781, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Lambert DUPRAS married 18 January 1802, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan) to Josephte VIGNEAULT