Jacques ARTEAU

(b. 17 October 1721 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1791 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jacques ARTEAU was born 17 October 1721 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques ARTEAU was the child of Jacques HERTAULT (ARTEAU) (ARTAULT) dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Barbe ROANNES (ROINAY)

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

Jacques married Veronique-Ursule DEMERS 20 January 1749 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique-Ursule DEMERS was born 25 September 1727 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Veronique-Ursule died 15 May 1800 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Veronique-Ursule was the child of Jean-François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU).

Jacques ARTEAU died 15 February 1791 in La Prairie, 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 ARTEAU married

Veronique-Ursule DEMERS-- Date: 20 January 1749 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Veronique-Ursule DEMERS was the child of Jean-François DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU)

Children of Jacques ARTEAU and Veronique-Ursule DEMERS:

Francois ARTEAU (b.16 April 1763, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine HUBERT dite LACROIX 29 January 1787 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1721 Birth
17 October 1721
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ARTEAU and Veronique-Ursule DEMERS 20 January 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Francois ARTEAU was born 16 April 1763, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 41 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Francois ARTEAU married 29 January 1787, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Catherine HUBERT dite LACROIX