Jacques ROCHON

(b. 24 May 1733 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1817 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Jacques ROCHON was born 24 May 1733 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Jacques ROCHON was the child of Jacques ROCHON and Thérèse DAVID and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Marie-Madeleine GUYON (maternal) Jean DAVID and Marie-Anne PREVOST

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

Jacques married Josephte ROBITAILLE 7 February 1757 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte ROBITAILLE was born 28 January 1734 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Josephte died 5 May 1786 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Joseph ROBITAILLE and Catherine DROLET.

Jacques ROCHON died 20 June 1817 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Jacques ROCHON married

Josephte ROBITAILLE-- Date: 7 February 1757 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Josephte ROBITAILLE was the child of Joseph ROBITAILLE and Catherine DROLET

Children of Jacques ROCHON and Josephte ROBITAILLE:

Rose ROCHON (b.16 May 1762, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada d. 2 November 1787, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. François-Xavier GIRARD 13 November 1780 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1733 Birth
24 May 1733
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROCHON and Josephte ROBITAILLE 7 February 1757, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Rose ROCHON was born 16 May 1762, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 28 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.

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.