Jean Baptiste TRAHAN

(b. abt. 1706 , Acadia, Canada d. 14 February 1758 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )

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Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was born abt. 1706 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was the child of Alexandre TRAHAN and Marie PELLERIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume TRAHAN and Madeleine BRUN (maternal) François PELLERIN and Andree MARTIN

Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Jean Baptiste married Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) abt. 1732 in Pisiquit, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was born abt. 1705 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Catherine died 19 May 1799 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Catherine was the child of Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie CORPORON.

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN died 14 February 1758 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France .
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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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Family and Children of Jean Baptiste TRAHAN

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Jean Baptiste TRAHAN married

Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)-- Date: abt. 1732 Place: Pisiquit, Acadia
Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) was the child of Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marie CORPORON

Catherine Boudrot married Jean Baptiste Trahan, son of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin, circa 1732 at Pisiquit.

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1539.

Children of Jean Baptiste TRAHAN and Catherine BOUDROT (BOUDREAU):

Madeleine TRAHAN (b.abt. 1729, , Acadia, Canada d. 20 March 1808, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph Philippe DESCHAMPS 12 February 1753 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Monique TRAHAN (b.abt. 1736, , Acadia, Canada d. 25 February 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre PINET 7 January 1756 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

Osithé-Radégonde TRAHAN (b.abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada d. 5 October 1818, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre CYR 27 October 1760 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Pierre-Élie TRAHAN (b.abt. 1745, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Madeleine BRUN 14 August 1769 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean Baptiste TRAHAN (b.10 December 1754, Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia d. , )

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Madeleine TRAHAN married 12 February 1753, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Joseph Philippe DESCHAMPS

1754 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste TRAHAN was born 10 December 1754, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

1756 Marriage of Child
Monique TRAHAN married 7 January 1756, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia) to Pierre PINET