Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE

(b. 8 March 1727 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 12 October 1791 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE was born 8 March 1727 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE and Madeleine GILBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean QUENNEVILLE and Denise MARIER (MARIÉ) (maternal) Jean GILBERT dit LAFRAMBOISE and Elisabeth LANCELEUR

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

Jean-Baptiste married Barbe-Amable SEDILOT 21 January 1754 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barbe-Amable SEDILOT was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Barbe-Amable died 21 April 1797 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Barbe-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT and Marie-Barbe RAPIN.

Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE died 12 October 1791 in Les Cèdres, 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 QUENNEVILLE married

Barbe-Amable SEDILOT-- Date: 21 January 1754 Place: Les Cèdres, Canada, New France
Barbe-Amable SEDILOT was the child of Jean-Baptiste SEDILOT and Marie-Barbe RAPIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE and Barbe-Amable SEDILOT:

Michel QUENNEVILLE (b.5 August 1765, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 June 1847, Les Cèdres, Canada East )
m. Catherine FAILLARD dite LAFAYDE 25 August 1788 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1727 Birth
8 March 1727
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste QUENNEVILLE and Barbe-Amable SEDILOT 21 January 1754, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 26 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Michel QUENNEVILLE was born 5 August 1765, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 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)

1788 Marriage of Child
Michel QUENNEVILLE married 25 August 1788, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Catherine FAILLARD dite LAFAYDE