Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT

(b. 18 January 1741 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT was born 18 January 1741 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT was the child of Noel-Marie DUPONT and Marie-Angelique MORNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume DUPONT dit LEBLOND and Anne TROTTAIN (maternal) François MORNEAU and Angélique BERNIER

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

Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin married Marie Anne GIROUARD 20 February 1754 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne GIROUARD was born abt. 1737 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Anne died 11 July 1801 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie Anne was the child of Germain Jacques GIROUARD and Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU).

Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT died 12 August 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Marie Anne GIROUARD-- Date: 20 February 1754 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Marie Anne GIROUARD was the child of Germain Jacques GIROUARD and Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT and Marie Anne GIROUARD:

Marie-Genevieve DUPONT (b.3 September 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 July 1830, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Isidore BERNIER 19 June 1787 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1741 Birth
18 January 1741
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin DUPONT and Marie Anne GIROUARD 20 February 1754, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 13 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve DUPONT was born 3 September 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin was 27 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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Genevieve DUPONT married 19 June 1787, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Isidore BERNIER

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)