Jean-Gabriel BELANGER

(b. 6 May 1736 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1826 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Gabriel BELANGER was born 6 May 1736 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Jean-Gabriel BELANGER was the child of Pierre BELANGER and Geneviève LESSARD (LESSART) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BELANGER and Marguerite LEFRANCOIS (maternal) Pierre LESSARD and Barbe FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

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Jean-Gabriel married Marie-Victoire BERNIER 23 October 1758 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Victoire BERNIER was born 1 September 1741 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Victoire died 16 June 1813 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Victoire was the child of Augustin BERNIER and Angélique BUTEAU.

Jean-Gabriel BELANGER died 27 August 1826 in L'Islet, 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-Gabriel BELANGER married

Marie-Victoire BERNIER-- Date: 23 October 1758 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marie-Victoire BERNIER was the child of Augustin BERNIER and Angélique BUTEAU

Children of Jean-Gabriel BELANGER and Marie-Victoire BERNIER:

Gabriel BELANGER (b.20 December 1759, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Theotiste LANGELIER 4 October 1784 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Pierre BELANGER (b.10 July 1762, L'Islet, Canada d. 10 April 1836, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Modeste-Huberte DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE 28 October 1799 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Marguerite BELANGER (b.15 March 1768, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1842, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East)
m. Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT 14 November 1785 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1736 Birth
6 May 1736
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Gabriel BELANGER and Marie-Victoire BERNIER 23 October 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 22 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Gabriel BELANGER was born 20 December 1759, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Gabriel was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Pierre BELANGER was born 10 July 1762, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Gabriel was 26 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marguerite BELANGER was born 15 March 1768, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Gabriel was 31 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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Gabriel BELANGER married 4 October 1784, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Theotiste LANGELIER

1785 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BELANGER married 14 November 1785, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Pierre BELANGER married 28 October 1799, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Modeste-Huberte DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)