Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE

(b. 8 January 1762 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada d. 21 July 1821 , Beauceville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE was born 8 January 1762 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE was the child of Jean-Charles BUSQUE and Marie-Louise RODRIGUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BUSQUE and Catherine-Therese PRIEUR (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RODRIGUE and Marie-Dorothee FOUGERE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte POULIN 24 June 1800 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte POULIN was born 30 August 1773 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 12 February 1841 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Marie-Josephte was the child of Louis POULIN and Josephte ROY.

Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE died 21 July 1821 in Beauceville, 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 BUSQUE married

Marie-Josephte POULIN-- Date: 24 June 1800 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte POULIN was the child of Louis POULIN and Josephte ROY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE and Marie-Josephte POULIN:

Angele BUSQUE (b.21 January 1810, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1895, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste BOURQUE 19 October 1830 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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1762 Birth
8 January 1762
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada

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)

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

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

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BUSQUE and Marie-Josephte POULIN 24 June 1800, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 38 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Angele BUSQUE was born 21 January 1810, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Jean-Baptiste was 48 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England