Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY

(b. 4 March 1747 , Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 8 October 1802 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY was born 4 March 1747 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY was the child of Nicolas GEOFFROY and Marguerite GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dite BOISJOLY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dit BOISJOLY and Marie-Madeleine SIGOUIN (SEGUOIN)

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Jean-Baptiste married Françoise MORNEAU 30 September 1771 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise MORNEAU was born 23 January 1752 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 1 March 1822 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Françoise was the child of Alexis MORNEAU and Françoise CARON.

Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY died 8 October 1802 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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 GEOFFROY married

Françoise MORNEAU-- Date: 30 September 1771 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise MORNEAU was the child of Alexis MORNEAU and Françoise CARON

Children of Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY and Françoise MORNEAU:

Cecile GEOFFROY (b.9 December 1778, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 May 1834, , Upper Canada)
m. Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 26 February 1810 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1747 Birth
4 March 1747
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GEOFFROY and Françoise MORNEAU 30 September 1771, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 24 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Cecile GEOFFROY was born 9 December 1778, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)