Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS

(b. 2 February 1758 , Grande-Anse, Quebec, Canada d. 30 December 1830 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS was born 2 February 1758 in Grande-Anse, Quebec, Canada

Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS was the child of René-Louis D'AMOURS and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DAMOUR dit LOUVIÈRES and Marie Anne THIBODEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Angélique-Marguerite OUELLET

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Jean Baptiste Rene married Marie-Geneviève CHOUINARD 4 October 1784 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève CHOUINARD was born 10 March 1761 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Geneviève died 12 July 1829 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Anne PELLETIER.

Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS died 30 December 1830 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS was a Sieur de Courberon.

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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Marie-Geneviève CHOUINARD-- Date: 4 October 1784 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève CHOUINARD was the child of Pierre CHOUINARD and Marie-Anne PELLETIER

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1758 Birth
2 February 1758
Grande-Anse, Quebec, Canada

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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste Rene D'AMOURS and Marie-Geneviève CHOUINARD 4 October 1784, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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)

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)