Jacques PERREAULT

(b. 23 August 1744 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1804 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Jacques PERREAULT was born 23 August 1744 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Jacques PERREAULT was the child of Jacques PERREAULT and Elisabeth NAVERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste NAVERS and Marie-Françoise SAUVIN dite LAROSE

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

Jacques married Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE 5 January 1770 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE was born 3 November 1747 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louise died 22 November 1806 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Louise was the child of Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Louise NORMAND.

Jacques PERREAULT died 5 January 1804 in Lachenaie, 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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Jacques PERREAULT married

Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE-- Date: 5 January 1770 Place: Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE was the child of Nicolas BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Louise NORMAND

Children of Jacques PERREAULT and Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE:

Marie-Louise PERREAULT (b.14 May 1771, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Francois CHARBONNEAU 21 April 1793 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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1744 Birth
23 August 1744
Lachenaie, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jacques PERREAULT and Louise BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE 5 January 1770, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 25 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PERREAULT was born 14 May 1771, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jacques was 26 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)

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PERREAULT married 21 April 1793, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Francois CHARBONNEAU

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