Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME

(b. 16 October 1738 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1823 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME was born 16 October 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME was the child of Jacques BERTHIAUME and Françoise CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel BERTHIAUME and Françoise GIRARD (maternal) Charles CASSE (LACASSE) and Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite JEAN dite GODON 20 October 1760 in Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite JEAN dite GODON was born 19 April 1735 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marguerite died 9 March 1808 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Charles JEAN dit GODON and Marie-Elisabeth MAGNAN.

Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME died 7 December 1823 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, 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 BERTHIAUME married

Marguerite JEAN dite GODON-- Date: 20 October 1760 Place: Montréal, Canada
Marguerite JEAN dite GODON was the child of Pierre-Charles JEAN dit GODON and Marie-Elisabeth MAGNAN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Marguerite JEAN dite GODON:

Jacques BERTHIAUME (b.16 February 1766, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 November 1842, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. Ursule VAILLANT 12 August 1788 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1738 Birth
16 October 1738
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERTHIAUME and Marguerite JEAN dite GODON 20 October 1760, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 22 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Jacques BERTHIAUME was born 16 February 1766, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.