Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE

(b. 29 August 1743 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1792 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE was born 29 August 1743 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE was the child of Alexis COULOMBE and Marie-Madeleine GROISSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean COULOMBE and Jeanne BALAN dite LACOMBE (maternal) Jean-Ignace GROISSARD dit LEVEILLE and Jeanne GUIGNARD (GIGNARD)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie Madeleine CYR 24 November 1766 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine CYR was born abt. 1743 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Madeleine died 19 March 1801 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie Madeleine was the child of Pierre CYR and Marguerite HÉBERT.

Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE died 17 July 1792 in L'Acadie, 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 COULOMBE married

Marie Madeleine CYR-- Date: 24 November 1766 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Madeleine CYR was the child of Pierre CYR and Marguerite HÉBERT

Children of Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE and Marie Madeleine CYR:

Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE (b.31 March 1768, Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1832, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte SÉNÉSAC 4 October 1790 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1743 Birth
29 August 1743
Berthier-sur-Mer, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE and Marie Madeleine CYR 24 November 1766, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 23 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE was born 31 March 1768, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 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)

1790 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste COULOMBE married 4 October 1790, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Charlotte SÉNÉSAC

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada