Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

(b. 25 March 1752 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 March 1826 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 25 March 1752 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was the child of Pierre PAQUET and Marie-Louise FILTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Jeanne COULOMBE (maternal) Nicolas FILTEAU and Françoise MAILLOUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER 20 January 1783 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER was born 19 June 1762 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Marguerite died 18 April 1833 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Augustin FOURNIER and Marie BOUTHILLETTE.

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET died 22 March 1826 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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 PAQUET married

Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER-- Date: 20 January 1783 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER was the child of Augustin FOURNIER and Marie BOUTHILLETTE

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER:

Ignace PAQUET (b.10 November 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1857, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Ursule MARTIN 21 November 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1752 Birth
25 March 1752
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Marie-Marguerite FOURNIER 20 January 1783, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Birth of Child
Ignace PAQUET was born 10 November 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)