Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU

(b. 24 June 1729 , Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1811 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU was born 24 June 1729 in Deschambault, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU was the child of Pierre GROLEAU and Marie-Anne PAQUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GROLEAU and Geneviève LABERGE (maternal) Nicolas PAQUIN and Marie-Françoise PLANTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie MATHIEU 2 February 1750 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie MATHIEU was born 11 August 1731 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie died 16 September 1810 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU and Marie HÉBERT.

Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU died 26 January 1811 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 GROLEAU married

Marie MATHIEU-- Date: 2 February 1750 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Marie MATHIEU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MATHIEU and Marie HÉBERT

Children of Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Marie MATHIEU:

Marie GROLEAU (b.27 December 1750, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1825, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Paul-Guillaume LETOURNEAU 23 January 1769 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean GROLEAU (b.21 November 1754, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1841, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East)

Joseph GROLEAU (b.27 February 1756, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1811, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada)
m. Geneviève JACQUES 25 October 1779 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Marguerite GROLEAU (b.19 April 1758, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1779, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada)

Catherine GROLEAU (b.2 August 1760, Deschambault, Canada d. 6 August 1782, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada)

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1729 Birth
24 June 1729
Deschambault, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GROLEAU and Marie MATHIEU 2 February 1750, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie GROLEAU was born 27 December 1750, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jean GROLEAU was born 21 November 1754, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph GROLEAU was born 27 February 1756, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marguerite GROLEAU was born 19 April 1758, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Catherine GROLEAU was born 2 August 1760, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie GROLEAU married 23 January 1769, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Paul-Guillaume LETOURNEAU

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.