Jean-Baptiste DROUIN

(b. 31 March 1741 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1782 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DROUIN was born 31 March 1741 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DROUIN was the child of Pierre DROUIN and Marie-Anne VANIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DROUIN and Catherine LOIGNON (maternal) Jean VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Marie HOTTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE 18 February 1765 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE was born 21 November 1745 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Madeleine died 29 April 1782 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Joseph-Marie MELOCHE and Marguerite PICARD.

Jean-Baptiste DROUIN died 7 March 1782 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, 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 DROUIN married

Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE-- Date: 18 February 1765 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE was the child of Joseph-Marie MELOCHE and Marguerite PICARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE:

Pierre DROUIN (b.29 June 1768, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 January 1831, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE 13 February 1792 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Francois DROUIN (b.27 April 1771, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 July 1839, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Catherine DEVOYAU 9 February 1795 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
31 March 1741
Montréal, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE 18 February 1765, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 23 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Pierre DROUIN was born 29 June 1768, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Francois DROUIN was born 27 April 1771, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.