Jean-Baptiste GENDRON

(b. 7 January 1729 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1805 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GENDRON was born 7 January 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GENDRON was the child of Nicolas GENDRON and Madeleine RATEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GENDRON and Marie THIBIERGE (THIVIERGE) (maternal) Pierre RATEL and Antoinette VERGER dite DESJARDINS

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse BOURDON 7 January 1754 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marie-Thérèse BOURDON was born 30 January 1735 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse died 12 May 1815 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Michel BOURDON and Thérèse VIGNEAULT.

Jean-Baptiste GENDRON died 7 July 1805 in Contrecœur, 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
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Jean-Baptiste GENDRON married

Marie-Thérèse BOURDON-- Date: 7 January 1754 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse BOURDON was the child of Michel BOURDON and Thérèse VIGNEAULT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GENDRON and Marie-Thérèse BOURDON:

Jean-Baptiste GENDRON (b.16 November 1754, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1812, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Helene GIARD 27 September 1779 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Michel GENDRON (b.17 October 1756, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1810, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe LAMOUREAUX 27 September 1779 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Thérèse GENDRON (b.21 April 1758 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 21 June 1842, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. François JACQUES 14 January 1782 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Madeleine GENDRON (b.20 November 1759, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. , )

François GENDRON (b.28 December 1760, Contrecœur, Canada d. , )

François GENDRON (b.2 May 1762, Contrecœur, Canada d. 21 June 1837, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite RENAUD 22 September 1794 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Joseph GENDRON (b.abt. 1763, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre GENDRON (b.3 January 1765, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne GENDRON (b.25 February 1766, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 July 1848, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE 29 September 1783 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Josephe GENDRON (b.10 January 1768, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 May 1855, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. François LAMOUREUX 7 August 1786 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Angélique GENDRON (b.3 October 1770, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 August 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. François LABOSSIÈRE 19 November 1792 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Felicite GENDRON (b.15 March 1772, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 April 1856, Contrecœur, Canada East )
m. Joseph BERTHIAUME 7 October 1793 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Michel GENDRON (b.7 October 1773, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1808, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth NORMAND 3 October 1796 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Helene GENDRON (b.20 June 1775, Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 January 1863, Saint-Ours, Canada East )
m. François JACQUES 14 August 1797 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Joseph GENDRON (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Madeleine RENAUD 12 October 1801 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1729 Birth
7 January 1729
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GENDRON and Marie-Thérèse BOURDON 7 January 1754, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 25 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GENDRON was born 16 November 1754, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Michel GENDRON was born 17 October 1756, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse GENDRON was born 21 April 1758 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GENDRON was born 20 November 1759, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
François GENDRON was born 28 December 1760, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François GENDRON was born 2 May 1762, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Pierre GENDRON was born 3 January 1765, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GENDRON was born 25 February 1766, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe GENDRON was born 10 January 1768, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique GENDRON was born 3 October 1770, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Felicite GENDRON was born 15 March 1772, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Michel GENDRON was born 7 October 1773, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene GENDRON was born 20 June 1775, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 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
Jean-Baptiste GENDRON married 27 September 1779 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Helene GIARD

1779 Marriage of Child
Michel GENDRON married 27 September 1779 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Marie-Josephe LAMOUREAUX

1782 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse GENDRON married 14 January 1782, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to François JACQUES

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne GENDRON married 29 September 1783 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Pierre-Louis LABOSSIÈRE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe GENDRON married 7 August 1786 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to François LAMOUREUX

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique GENDRON married 19 November 1792, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to François LABOSSIÈRE

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Felicite GENDRON married 7 October 1793, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Joseph BERTHIAUME

1794 Marriage of Child
François GENDRON married 22 September 1794 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Marguerite RENAUD

1796 Marriage of Child
Michel GENDRON married 3 October 1796 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth NORMAND

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Helene GENDRON married 14 August 1797, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to François JACQUES

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Joseph GENDRON married 12 October 1801 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Marie-Madeleine RENAUD