Jacques POIRIAU

(b. 27 May 1750 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1778 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques POIRIAU was born 27 May 1750 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques POIRIAU was the child of Jacques POIRIAU dit BELLEFEUILLE and Marie-Françoise PARENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul POIRIAU dit BELLEFEUILLE and Françoise JOUSSET (maternal) Guillaume PARENT and Françoise ROY

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

Jacques married Charlotte ROULEAU 12 November 1770 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte ROULEAU was born 23 July 1752 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Charlotte was the child of Joseph-Marie ROULEAU and Anne LAUZON.

Jacques POIRIAU died 5 April 1778 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, 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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Jacques POIRIAU married

Charlotte ROULEAU-- Date: 12 November 1770 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte ROULEAU was the child of Joseph-Marie ROULEAU and Anne LAUZON

Children of Jacques POIRIAU and Charlotte ROULEAU:

Justine POIRIAU (b.5 October 1772, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 August 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Philibert MALLET 16 August 1790 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

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1750 Birth
27 May 1750
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jacques POIRIAU and Charlotte ROULEAU 12 November 1770, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 20 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Justine POIRIAU was born 5 October 1772, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jacques was 22 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.