Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND

(b. 27 May 1732 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. November 1780 , Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND was born 27 May 1732 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND was the child of Francois BERTRAND and Madeleine MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BERTRAND and Marguerite TESSIER (maternal) Mathurin MEUNIER and Marie-Madeleine MENEUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN 16 August 1758 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was born 10 February 1740 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Madeleine died 8 August 1818 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Thérèse HÉNAULT.

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND died November 1780 in Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), 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 BERTRAND married

Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN-- Date: 16 August 1758 Place: Les Cèdres, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was the child of Jean MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Thérèse HÉNAULT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN:

Marie-Madeleine BERTRAND (b.31 August 1759, Les Cèdres, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1799, Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada )
m. Jean-Charles RENAUD 12 July 1773 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Charlotte BERTRAND (b.3 November 1761, Les Cèdres, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GIGNAC 17 January 1780 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

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1732 Birth
27 May 1732
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN 16 August 1758, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BERTRAND was born 31 August 1759, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Charlotte BERTRAND was born 3 November 1761, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine BERTRAND married 12 July 1773, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville) to Jean-Charles RENAUD

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.