Jean-Baptiste CAZES

(b. 8 May 1764 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 March 1802 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CAZES was born 8 May 1764 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste CAZES was the child of Louis CAZES and Marie-Genevieve LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joachim LECLERC and Catherine SOUCY

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie SASSEVILLE 16 January 1787 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie SASSEVILLE was born 8 February 1771 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie died 30 September 1852 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie was the child of Francois SASSEVILLE and Catherine PAYANT dite ST-ONGE.

Jean-Baptiste CAZES died 7 March 1802 in La Pocatière, 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 CAZES married

Marie SASSEVILLE-- Date: 16 January 1787 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie SASSEVILLE was the child of Francois SASSEVILLE and Catherine PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

Children of Jean-Baptiste CAZES and Marie SASSEVILLE:

Marie-Josephe CAZES (b.2 May 1793, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 16 September 1878, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre-Paul HUDON dit BEAULIEU 1 February 1808 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Angelique CAZES (b.15 December 1796, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 26 March 1827, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Marcel DUMAIS 26 February 1816 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1764 Birth
8 May 1764
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CAZES and Marie SASSEVILLE 16 January 1787, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe CAZES was born 2 May 1793, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique CAZES was born 15 December 1796, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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