Jean-Baptiste CYR

(b. 7 January 1716 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1791 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CYR was born 7 January 1716 in Laval, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste CYR was the child of Michel SIRE (CYR) and Marie CHARTRAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) André SIRE (CYR) and Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU (maternal) Thomas CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND) and Marguerite VENNE (VOYNE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe ROSE 19 October 1739 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephe ROSE was born 11 December 1721 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 22 April 1799 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Josephe was the child of Charles ROSE and Marie PATENAUDE.

Jean-Baptiste CYR died 3 June 1791 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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 CYR married

Marie-Josephe ROSE-- Date: 19 October 1739 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe ROSE was the child of Charles ROSE and Marie PATENAUDE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Josephe ROSE:

Jean-Baptiste CYR (b.8 September 1740, Laval, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1809, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth-Isabelle PEPIN 9 February 1763 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Joseph CYR (b.2 September 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1841, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada East )
m. Marie-Amable PAQUET 24 November 1777 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Louise CYR (b.22 November 1762, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada d. 15 February 1815, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BERLOIN dit NANTEL 8 January 1781 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1716 Birth
7 January 1716
Laval, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Josephe ROSE 19 October 1739, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CYR was born 8 September 1740, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph CYR was born 2 September 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Louise CYR was born 22 November 1762, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 46 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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste CYR married 9 February 1763, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth-Isabelle PEPIN

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.