Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS

(b. 21 April 1731 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1794 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS was born 21 April 1731 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS was the child of Charles DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Marie DANIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Anne GAUTHIER (maternal) Jean DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Anne BADEL dite LAMARCHE

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

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE 23 April 1759 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE was born 24 February 1741 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Anne-Agathe died 6 March 1793 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne-Agathe was the child of Charles RAINVILLE and Marie Marguerite GODIN.

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS died 6 March 1794 in La Prairie, 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-Agathe RAINVILLE-- Date: 23 April 1759 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE was the child of Charles RAINVILLE and Marie Marguerite GODIN

Children of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS and Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE:

Agathe ST-DENIS (b.5 February 1760, La Prairie, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste ROBERT 15 February 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph DENIS (b.2 June 1762, La Prairie, Canada d. 31 October 1826, Cornwall, Upper Canada)
m. Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth JUILLET 25 June 1798 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS (b.7 October 1769, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1805, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine FONTAINE 16 January 1792 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine ST DENIS (b.29 April 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 June 1847, Montréal, Canada East )
m. Joseph-Amable LAMARRE 8 November 1790 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1731 Birth
21 April 1731
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS and Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE 23 April 1759, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 28 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Agathe ST-DENIS was born 5 February 1760, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph DENIS was born 2 June 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was 31 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS was born 7 October 1769, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine ST DENIS was born 29 April 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was 40 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Agathe ST-DENIS married 15 February 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste ROBERT

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine ST DENIS married 8 November 1790, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Joseph-Amable LAMARRE

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste ST-DENIS married 16 January 1792, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada to Catherine FONTAINE

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

1793 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne-Agathe RAINVILLE died 6 March 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1794 Death
6 March 1794
La Prairie, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 62.

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