Jean-Baptiste MORIN

(b. 12 March 1761 , Saint-Ours, Canada d. 30 April 1822 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MORIN was born 12 March 1761 in Saint-Ours, Canada

Jean-Baptiste MORIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Françoise DUPRÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) François DUPRÉ dit MIKINAC and Marie-Josephe ALLAIRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE 5 November 1787 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 13 December 1764 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 15 November 1848 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephte LEBLANC dite AUDIBERT.

Jean-Baptiste MORIN died 30 April 1822 in Saint-Ours, 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 MORIN married

Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE-- Date: 5 November 1787 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of François AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephte LEBLANC dite AUDIBERT

Children of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE:

Marie MORIN (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN 19 November 1821 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1761 Birth
12 March 1761
Saint-Ours, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE 5 November 1787, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Marie MORIN married 19 November 1821, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN