Jacques-Blaise BACHAND

(b. 4 February 1762 , Verchères, Canada d. 30 January 1820 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Jacques-Blaise BACHAND was born 4 February 1762 in Verchères, Canada

Jacques-Blaise BACHAND was the child of Jacques BACHAND and Marie-Marguerite GIPOULOU (GIBOULEAU) dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BACHAND dit VERTEFEUILLE and Louise-Angélique CIRIER (maternal) Alexis GIPOULOU (GIBOULEAU) dit LAFLEUR and Catherine LUSSIER

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

Jacques-Blaise married Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER 25 October 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER was born 3 February 1764 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Anne-Agathe died 29 December 1861 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne-Agathe was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS.

Jacques-Blaise BACHAND died 30 January 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Jacques-Blaise BACHAND married

Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER-- Date: 25 October 1779 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS

Children of Jacques-Blaise BACHAND and Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER:

Joseph BACHAND (b.22 November 1793, Verchères, Lower Canada d. abt. 1872, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )
m. Angele CADORET 12 November 1821 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1762 Birth
4 February 1762
Verchères, Canada

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Jacques-Blaise BACHAND and Marie-Anne-Agathe MERCIER 25 October 1779, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Joseph BACHAND was born 22 November 1793, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jacques-Blaise was 31 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.