Jean-Baptiste MARTIN

(b. 26 July 1758 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1799 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 26 July 1758 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was the child of Etienne MARTIN and Marie-Anne-Élisabeth MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Anne GAUTHIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Josephte BERTHIAUME 28 August 1786 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte BERTHIAUME was born 16 November 1762 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 19 June 1858 in Ste-Marthe, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Pierre BERTHIAUME and Josephte PARE.

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN died 14 April 1799 in Lachine, Montréal, 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 MARTIN married

Josephte BERTHIAUME-- Date: 28 August 1786 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte BERTHIAUME was the child of Pierre BERTHIAUME and Josephte PARE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Josephte BERTHIAUME:

Pauline MARTIN (b.14 August 1793, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste RHEAUME 12 February 1821 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN (b.18 April 1797, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Charlotte CARDINAL 13 January 1818 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1758 Birth
26 July 1758
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Josephte BERTHIAUME 28 August 1786, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 28 years old.

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Pauline MARTIN was born 14 August 1793, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 18 April 1797, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.