Jean-Baptiste MERCIER

(b. 18 May 1727 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1767 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MERCIER was born 18 May 1727 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER was the child of Jean-Pascal MERCIER and Madeleine BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pascal MERCIER and Anne CLOUTIER (maternal) Jean BOUCHER and Marie-Madeleine PARE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne ROY 24 November 1755 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Anne ROY was born 29 July 1738 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 31 May 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Anne was the child of François-Marc ROY and Marie-Anne FORTIER.

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER died 26 June 1767 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste MERCIER

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Jean-Baptiste MERCIER married

Marie-Anne ROY-- Date: 24 November 1755 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
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Marie-Anne ROY was the child of François-Marc ROY and Marie-Anne FORTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste MERCIER and Marie-Anne ROY:

Jean-Baptiste MERCIER (b.8 January 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1840, St-Jean-Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Marguerite BOURDEAU 4 August 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Eloi-Urbain MERCIER (b.25 February 1762, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. 13 May 1825, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Ursule-Anne JORDAN 13 August 1787 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Pascal MERCIER (b.29 March 1766, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 December 1833, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine GONTHIER 8 August 1796 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1727 Birth
18 May 1727
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MERCIER and Marie-Anne ROY 24 November 1755, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MERCIER was born 8 January 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Eloi-Urbain MERCIER was born 25 February 1762, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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.