Jean FILION

(b. 9 December 1731 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1801 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Jean FILION was born 9 December 1731 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Jean FILION was the child of Jean FILION and Marie-Anne BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FILION and Françoise SENARD (maternal) Jacques BOLDUC and Marie-Anne RACINE

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

Jean married Marie-Josephte GAGNON 19 April 1751 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Josephte GAGNON was born 19 March 1728 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Josephte died 16 April 1805 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of François GAGNON and Geneviève POULIN.

Jean FILION died 27 December 1801 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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 FILION married

Marie-Josephte GAGNON-- Date: 19 April 1751 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Geneviève POULIN

Children of Jean FILION and Marie-Josephte GAGNON:

Jean-Francois FILION (b.31 December 1752, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1824, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth LESSARD 21 August 1775 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Genevieve MARTIN 9 October 1804 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Josephte FILION (b.abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 March 1789, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada)

Jean-Baptiste FILION (b.27 December 1757, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 2 August 1851, St-Elézar, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)

Marie FILION (b.11 June 1761, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada d. 11 April 1848, St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)

Joseph FILION (b.3 May 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 February 1826, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada)

Emerentienne FILION (b.9 October 1765, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 June 1805, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )
m. Michel BLUTEAU 11 September 1787 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite FILION (b.9 July 1768, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1795, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )

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1731 Birth
9 December 1731
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean FILION and Marie-Josephte GAGNON 19 April 1751, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois FILION was born 31 December 1752, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 21 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FILION was born 27 December 1757, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 26 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie FILION was born 11 June 1761, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 29 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Joseph FILION was born 3 May 1763, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 31 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Emerentienne FILION was born 9 October 1765, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 33 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marguerite FILION was born 9 July 1768, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Jean was 36 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Jean-Francois FILION married 21 August 1775, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth LESSARD

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.