Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER

(b. 17 February 1709 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 December 1798 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER was born 17 February 1709 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER was the child of Jean VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Marie HOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume VANIER dit LAFONTAINE and Madeleine BAILLY (maternal) Pierre HOTTE and Marie GIRARD

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

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise PIGEON 12 September 1735 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise PIGEON was born 5 October 1707 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 15 May 1762 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise was the child of Louis-Basile PIGEON and Agnes-Michelle CORON (CARON).

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER died 12 December 1798 in Québec Province, 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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Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER married

Marie-Françoise PIGEON-- Date: 12 September 1735 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise PIGEON was the child of Louis-Basile PIGEON and Agnes-Michelle CORON (CARON)

Children of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Françoise PIGEON:

Geneviève VANIER (b.3 February 1738, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. François BRUNET 9 May 1757 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1709 Birth
17 February 1709
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste VANIER and Marie-Françoise PIGEON 12 September 1735, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Geneviève VANIER was born 3 February 1738, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Geneviève VANIER married 9 May 1757, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to François BRUNET

1762 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise PIGEON died 15 May 1762, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.