Jean-Baptiste VANIER

(b. 1 August 1731 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1799 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste VANIER was born 1 August 1731 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste VANIER was the child of Joseph VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Marie Françoise ROBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Marie HOTTE (maternal) Prudent ROBERT and Marie-Madeleine FAFARD dite DELORME

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU) 21 November 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 19 July 1723 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne died 2 March 1790 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Anne was the child of Étienne DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS and Catherine BISAILLON.

Jean-Baptiste VANIER died 12 December 1799 in Chambly, 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 VANIER married

Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)-- Date: 21 November 1757 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU) was the child of Étienne DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS and Catherine BISAILLON

Children of Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU):

Jean-Baptiste VANIER (b.14 October 1760, La Prairie, Canada d. 3 December 1842, Saint-Isidore, Canada East)
m. Marguerite BRISSETTE 1788 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1731 Birth
1 August 1731
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU) 21 November 1757, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VANIER was born 14 October 1760, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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.

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.