Jean-Baptiste BROCHU

(b. 22 August 1728 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1811 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BROCHU was born 22 August 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BROCHU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Dorothee ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BROCHU and Marie-Françoise DELAUNAY (maternal) Charles ALLAIRE and Marie BIDET

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY abt. 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY was born 22 February 1738 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe died 16 January 1812 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe was the child of Joseph-Noel ROY and Agathe FRADET.

Jean-Baptiste BROCHU died 7 May 1811 in Saint-Vallier, 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 BROCHU married

Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY-- Date: abt. 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY was the child of Joseph-Noel ROY and Agathe FRADET

Children of Jean-Baptiste BROCHU and Marie-Elisabeth-Agathe ROY:

Joseph-Jean BROCHU (b.24 September 1760, Saint-Vallier, Canada d. 31 July 1842, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne POLIQUIN 22 February 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite BROCHU (b.3 March 1767, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 August 1843, Saint-Vallier, Canada East)
m. Nicolas BOUCHARD 21 November 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Andre BROCHU (b.1 January 1772, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 November 1842, Saint-Vallier, Canada East)
m. Marie-Anne TANGUAY 1 October 1793 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
22 August 1728
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean BROCHU was born 24 September 1760, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 32 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marguerite BROCHU was born 3 March 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Andre BROCHU was born 1 January 1772, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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.