Jean-Baptiste CYR

(b. 16 October 1767 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 November 1817 , Iberville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CYR was born 16 October 1767 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste CYR was the child of Jean Baptiste CYR dit CADIEN and Marie-Marguerite HERPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis Joseph CYR and Marie Josephe CORMIER (maternal) Jean-Pierre HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Marie-Angélique THIBAULT

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN 19 April 1790 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN was born 6 February 1770 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Anne-Genevieve died 18 August 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie-Anne-Genevieve was the child of Ange PIVIN and Marie-Josephe DUPUIS.

Jean-Baptiste CYR died 21 November 1817 in Iberville, 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 CYR married

Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN-- Date: 19 April 1790 Place: L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN was the child of Ange PIVIN and Marie-Josephe DUPUIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN:

Marie-Anne CYR (b.17 January 1791, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 25 January 1847, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East )
m. Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY 13 February 1810 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1767 Birth
16 October 1767
Saint-Ours, Province of 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CYR and Marie-Anne-Genevieve PIVIN 19 April 1790, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 22 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne CYR was born 17 January 1791, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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

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

1810 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CYR married 13 February 1810, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Joseph LEQUIN dit SANSOUCY