Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU

(b. 3 July 1759 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1825 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU was born 3 July 1759 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU was the child of Claude Paul BRAZEAU and Marguerite BERTRAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathieu BRAZEAU (BRASSEUR) and Jeanne CÉLESTIN dite BELLEMÈRE (maternal) Jean BERTRAND and Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE) 18 July 1785 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE) was born 22 August 1762 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Genevieve died 24 March 1829 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste HILERET and Angélique GAGNÉ.

Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU died 19 September 1825 in Verchères, 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 BRAZEAU married

Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE)-- Date: 18 July 1785 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste HILERET and Angélique GAGNÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU and Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE):

Louis BRAZEAU (b.26 April 1807, Verchères, Lower Canada d. 19 October 1848, Verchères, Canada East )
m. Sarah DEGUISE dite FLAMAND 2 March 1829 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1759 Birth
3 July 1759
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU and Genevieve HILERET (LIRETTE) 18 July 1785, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 26 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)

1807 Birth of Child
Louis BRAZEAU was born 26 April 1807, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste was 47 years old.

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)