Jean Baptiste MICHEL

(b. 31 March 1736 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 July 1791 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean Baptiste MICHEL was born 31 March 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Baptiste MICHEL was the child of Pierre MICHEL and Anne Marie GUILBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MICHEL dit ST-MICHEL and Catherine COMEAU (maternal) Charles GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) and Anne BOURG

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Jean Baptiste married Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU 18 February 1760 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Elisabeth Felicite died 22 August 1799 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Marie Elisabeth Felicite was the child of Francois COMEAU and Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE).

Jean Baptiste MICHEL died 21 July 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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 MICHEL married

Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU-- Date: 18 February 1760 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada
Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU was the child of Francois COMEAU and Marie-Anne LORD (LAURE)

Children of Jean Baptiste MICHEL and Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU:

Pierre MICHEL dit BÉCOT (b.19 June 1769, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Genevieve BERNARD 20 February 1792 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1736 Birth
31 March 1736
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste MICHEL and Marie Elisabeth Felicite COMEAU 18 February 1760, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Pierre MICHEL dit BÉCOT was born 19 June 1769, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean Baptiste was 33 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.