flag male ancestor  Jean  PETITPAS

  (b. abt. 1752 Port Toulouse, Acadia   d. abt. 1804 Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Jean PETITPAS was born abt. 1752 in Port Toulouse, Acadia

Jean PETITPAS was the child of Joseph PETITPAS   and   Marie Louise FOUGERE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude PETITPAS and Françoise LAVERGNE (maternal)  Jean FOUGERE (FUGERE) and Madeleine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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Jean  married  Marie-Marthe BONNEVIE abt. 1786 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marthe BONNEVIE  was born 20 January 1765 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France.  Marie-Marthe died 10 December 1843 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (Upper Big Tracadie).  Marie-Marthe was the child of Jacques BONNEVIE and Marie Madeleine THIBAULT.

Jean PETITPAS died abt. 1804 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada .
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Jean PETITPAS married flag female ancestor Marie-Marthe BONNEVIE-- Date: abt. 1786 Place: 
Marie-Marthe BONNEVIE was the child of Jacques BONNEVIE and Marie Madeleine THIBAULT




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Kings and Queens1763 - 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.
News1775 - 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.
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
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