Jean Baptiste COMEAU

(b. abt. 1744 , Acadia, Canada d. 28 August 1818 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean Baptiste COMEAU was born abt. 1744 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste COMEAU was the child of Pierre COMEAU and Marie Anne AMIRAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) and Marie Anne BRUN

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Jean Baptiste married Josephe HOUDE (HOULE) 14 July 1777 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe HOUDE (HOULE) was born 10 March 1754 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Josephe died 24 July 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Josephe was the child of Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (HOULE) and Marie-Josephe BOUCHER.

Jean Baptiste COMEAU died 28 August 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 COMEAU married

Josephe HOUDE (HOULE)-- Date: 14 July 1777 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephe HOUDE (HOULE) was the child of Jacques HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX (HOULE) and Marie-Josephe BOUCHER

Children of Jean Baptiste COMEAU and Josephe HOUDE (HOULE):

Marguerite COMEAU (b.26 January 1787, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Anselme LEVESQUE 16 January 1804

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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.

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.