Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS

(b. 25 March 1720 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS was born 25 March 1720 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS and Marguerite LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LAROCHE and Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Anne GAUDREAU 13 October 1755 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne GAUDREAU was born abt. 1739 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia). Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Elisabeth CYR.

Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS died 4 May 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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 DESNOYERS married

Anne GAUDREAU-- Date: 13 October 1755 Place: Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia
Anne GAUDREAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUDREAU and Elisabeth CYR

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS and Anne GAUDREAU:

Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS (b.15 March 1774, L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 October 1835, Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada )
m. Gabriel AUDET dit LAPOINTE 12 April 1790 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

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1720 Birth
25 March 1720
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESNOYERS and Anne GAUDREAU 13 October 1755, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

He was 35 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS was born 15 March 1774, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Jean-Baptiste was 54 years old.

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)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS married 12 April 1790, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Gabriel AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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