Jean-Baptiste GIROUX

(b. 9 April 1725 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GIROUX was born 9 April 1725 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GIROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Marie-Agnes GARNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Raphaël GIROUX and Marie-Madeleine VACHON (maternal) Charles GARNIER and Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève DUPUIS 3 August 1750 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève DUPUIS was born 6 January 1731 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Geneviève died 7 August 1812 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Geneviève was the child of Charles DUPUIS and Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste GIROUX died 8 September 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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 GIROUX married

Geneviève DUPUIS-- Date: 3 August 1750 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Geneviève DUPUIS was the child of Charles DUPUIS and Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Geneviève DUPUIS:

Geneviève GIROUX (b.30 April 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 7 September 1809, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. René BARRIERE dit LANGEVIN 25 October 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Françoise GIROUX (b.abt. 1756, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Louis GUERIN 4 February 1782 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Gabriel GIROUX (b.27 March 1766, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite ST-YVES 6 February 1792 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1725 Birth
9 April 1725
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Geneviève DUPUIS 3 August 1750, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Geneviève GIROUX was born 30 April 1754, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Gabriel GIROUX was born 27 March 1766, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.