Jacques RODRIGUE

(b. 20 April 1744 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1815 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Jacques RODRIGUE was born 20 April 1744 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Jacques RODRIGUE was the child of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Madeleine LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RODRIGUE and Geneviève CARON (maternal) Louis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN

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Jacques married Marie-Antoinette BERNIER 28 April 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Antoinette BERNIER was born 15 February 1741 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Antoinette died 22 August 1822 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Antoinette was the child of Joseph-Marie BERNIER and Marie-Claire FORTIN.

Jacques RODRIGUE died 10 December 1815 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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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Jacques RODRIGUE married

Marie-Antoinette BERNIER-- Date: 28 April 1766 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Antoinette BERNIER was the child of Joseph-Marie BERNIER and Marie-Claire FORTIN

Children of Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Antoinette BERNIER:

Rosalie RODRIGUE (b.19 February 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph SIMARD 25 November 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1744 Birth
20 April 1744
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jacques RODRIGUE and Marie-Antoinette BERNIER 28 April 1766, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 22 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Rosalie RODRIGUE was born 19 February 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jacques was 28 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)

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
Rosalie RODRIGUE married 25 November 1794, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph SIMARD

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