Jean-Baptiste PILOTE

(b. 15 October 1735 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1804 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PILOTE was born 15 October 1735 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PILOTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD and Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PILOTE and Marie-Catherine BRASSARD (maternal) Jacques BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne GAUTRON 8 January 1759 in La Durantaye, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GAUTRON was born 19 October 1736 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 15 September 1763 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie MARCEAU.

Jean-Baptiste PILOTE died 20 October 1804 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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 PILOTE married

Marie-Anne GAUTRON-- Date: 8 January 1759 Place: La Durantaye, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GAUTRON was the child of Pierre GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie MARCEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste PILOTE and Marie-Anne GAUTRON:

Marie-Anne PILOTE (b.4 November 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1840, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Andre GOULET 22 November 1779 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

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1735 Birth
15 October 1735
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PILOTE and Marie-Anne GAUTRON 8 January 1759, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PILOTE was born 4 November 1759, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 24 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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne GAUTRON died 15 September 1763, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.