Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD

(b. 24 July 1748 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1816 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD was born 24 July 1748 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD was the child of François-Marie BEDARD and Louise-Geneviève DUPERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard BEDARD and Marguerite PARENT (maternal) Louis DUPERE and Marie-Anne GAGNON

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

Jean-Baptiste-Francois married Marie-Louise LEBEL 13 February 1775 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LEBEL was born 21 September 1752 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Louise died 3 February 1814 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis-Jacques PHILIPPE dit LEBEL and Marie-Louise MARTEL.

Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD died 4 June 1816 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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-Francois BEDARD married

Marie-Louise LEBEL-- Date: 13 February 1775 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise LEBEL was the child of Louis-Jacques PHILIPPE dit LEBEL and Marie-Louise MARTEL

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD and Marie-Louise LEBEL:

Pierre BEDARD (b.11 September 1783, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1866, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East )
m. Marguerite L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX) 1 May 1809 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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1748 Birth
24 July 1748
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Francois BEDARD and Marie-Louise LEBEL 13 February 1775, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 26 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.

1783 Birth of Child
Pierre BEDARD was born 11 September 1783, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean-Baptiste-Francois was 35 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Pierre BEDARD married 1 May 1809, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Marguerite L'HERAULT (L'HEUREUX)