Jean-Baptiste PLANTE

(b. 6 October 1731 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1803 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PLANTE was born 6 October 1731 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PLANTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLANTE and Marie-Jeanne HUS MILET (MILLET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François PLANTE and Louise BÉRARD (maternal) Marc-Antoine HUS MILET (MILLET) and Françoise LAVALLEE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise COUTU 7 February 1752 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise COUTU was born 3 April 1726 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 23 March 1778 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Daniel-Louis COUTU (COTTU) and Catherine CHARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON.

Jean-Baptiste PLANTE died 21 January 1803 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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 PLANTE married

Marie-Louise COUTU-- Date: 7 February 1752 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise COUTU was the child of Daniel-Louis COUTU (COTTU) and Catherine CHARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON

Children of Jean-Baptiste PLANTE and Marie-Louise COUTU:

Joseph-Gervais PLANTE (b.13 May 1759, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Marguerite TRUDEL 2 October 1780 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marguerite PLANTE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 December 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Basile NAULT 26 January 1789 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1731 Birth
6 October 1731
Sorel, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PLANTE and Marie-Louise COUTU 7 February 1752, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 20 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph-Gervais PLANTE was born 13 May 1759, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.

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.