Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES

(b. 4 October 1741 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 June 1814 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES was born 4 October 1741 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES was the child of Nicolas-Joseph DESGAGNES and Madeleine ROYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DESGAGNES and Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (maternal) Jean ROYER and Catherine DUMONT

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

Jean-Baptiste married Angelique SAVARD 6 October 1765 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Angelique SAVARD was born 13 April 1744 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Angelique died 19 May 1843 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Angelique was the child of Pierre SAVARD and Marie-Josephe BOUCHARD.

Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES died 29 June 1814 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 DESGAGNES married

Angelique SAVARD-- Date: 6 October 1765 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Angelique SAVARD was the child of Pierre SAVARD and Marie-Josephe BOUCHARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES and Angelique SAVARD:

Jean DESGAGNES (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 February 1833, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )
m. Ursule GAGNON 17 November 1789 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Louis DEGAGNE (DESGAGNE) (b.27 May 1770, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charlotte BOUDREAU 20 January 1794 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Francois DESGAGNES (b.abt. 1771, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Elisabeth SIMARD 29 June 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph-Louis DESGAGNES (b.13 April 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 November 1857, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Marie-Charlotte DUFOUR 12 February 1798 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Victoire DESGAGNES (b.8 November 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 June 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie DALLAIRE 9 September 1796 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Charlotte DESGAGNES (b.23 March 1777, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1864, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 8 June 1796 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie-Josephe DESGAGNES (b.24 January 1782, Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Louis LAJOIE 27 June 1820 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1741 Birth
4 October 1741
Québec Province, Canada

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESGAGNES and Angelique SAVARD 6 October 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Louis DEGAGNE (DESGAGNE) was born 27 May 1770, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Joseph-Louis DESGAGNES was born 13 April 1772, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Victoire DESGAGNES was born 8 November 1774, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Charlotte DESGAGNES was born 23 March 1777, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DESGAGNES was born 24 January 1782, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Jean DESGAGNES married 17 November 1789, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Ursule GAGNON

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Louis DEGAGNE (DESGAGNE) married 20 January 1794, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Charlotte BOUDREAU

1795 Marriage of Child
Francois DESGAGNES married 29 June 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Elisabeth SIMARD

1796 Marriage of Child
Charlotte DESGAGNES married 8 June 1796, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Louis TREMBLAY

1796 Marriage of Child
Victoire DESGAGNES married 9 September 1796, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Joseph-Marie DALLAIRE

1798 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Louis DESGAGNES married 12 February 1798, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Charlotte DUFOUR

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)