Jean-Baptiste PROULX

(b. 11 September 1762 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada d. 27 January 1824 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 11 September 1762 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Genevieve JANOT (JANEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PROULX and Marie-Marthe GAGNE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste JANOT (JANEAU) and Anne MARTIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Anne GAGNE 6 February 1787 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne GAGNE was born 29 December 1762 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Anne died 8 October 1829 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Anne was the child of Pierre GAGNE and Marie-Anne QUÉRILLON (QUIRION).

Jean-Baptiste PROULX died 27 January 1824 in Berthierville, 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 PROULX married

Anne GAGNE-- Date: 6 February 1787 Place: Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Anne GAGNE was the child of Pierre GAGNE and Marie-Anne QUÉRILLON (QUIRION)

Children of Jean-Baptiste PROULX and Anne GAGNE:

Marie PROULX (b.abt. 1799, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Alexis AUBUCHON dit DULAC 22 February 1819 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1762 Birth
11 September 1762
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 PROULX and Anne GAGNE 6 February 1787, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 24 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.

1819 Marriage of Child
Marie PROULX married 22 February 1819, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Alexis AUBUCHON dit DULAC

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England