Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC

(b. 17 March 1725 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 9 December 1778 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC was born 17 March 1725 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC was the child of Guillaume GIGNAC and Elisabeth RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GIGNAC and Marie-Anne DUCLOS (maternal) Alexis RICHARD and Claudine LANGLOIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite MONTAMBAULT 7 April 1750 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MONTAMBAULT was born 15 September 1716 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 11 May 1788 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marguerite was the child of Jacques-Jacob MONTAMBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Marguerite-Elisabeth MARCOTTE.

Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC died 9 December 1778 in Cap-Santé, 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 GIGNAC married

Marguerite MONTAMBAULT-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Marguerite MONTAMBAULT was the child of Jacques-Jacob MONTAMBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Marguerite-Elisabeth MARCOTTE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC and Marguerite MONTAMBAULT:

François GIGNAC (b.18 February 1753, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1820, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth DELISLE 1 February 1779 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1725 Birth
17 March 1725
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC and Marguerite MONTAMBAULT 7 April 1750, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 25 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
François GIGNAC was born 18 February 1753, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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.