Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS

(b. 7 December 1754 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1828 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS was born 7 December 1754 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre DESROCHERS and Marguerite CAILLÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joseph DESROCHERS and Anne-Madeleine ROULEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CAILLÉ and Marguerite DUPUIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS 20 November 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS was born 14 April 1752 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Josephte died 21 March 1820 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Josephte was the child of Claude LYONNAIS and Louise COURVILLE dite LEFEBVRE.

Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS died 8 July 1828 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS married

Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS-- Date: 20 November 1775 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS was the child of Claude LYONNAIS and Louise COURVILLE dite LEFEBVRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS and Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS:

Joseph DESROCHERS (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève-Marguerite NIQUET (NIQUETTE) 13 September 1802 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1754 Birth
7 December 1754
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESROCHERS and Marie-Josephte LYONNAIS 20 November 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 20 years old.

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.

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)

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESROCHERS married 13 September 1802, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Geneviève-Marguerite NIQUET (NIQUETTE)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England