Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS

(b. 29 November 1723 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1770 , Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS was born 29 November 1723 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS was the child of Mathieu GERVAIS and Josephte ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathieu GERVAIS LE PARISIEN and Marie-Michelle PICARD (maternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL and Jeanne SÉGUIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne DEMERS 15 January 1748 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DEMERS was born 6 September 1725 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne died 19 August 1808 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jacques DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Barbe BROSSEAU.

Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS died 23 July 1770 in Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, 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 GERVAIS married

Marie-Anne DEMERS-- Date: 15 January 1748 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne DEMERS was the child of Jacques DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Barbe BROSSEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Marie-Anne DEMERS:

Elisabeth GERVAIS (b.18 January 1754, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1797, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste PERRAS 9 October 1775 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1723 Birth
29 November 1723
Longueuil, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GERVAIS and Marie-Anne DEMERS 15 January 1748, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 24 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Elisabeth GERVAIS was born 18 January 1754, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.