Jacques BLAIS

(b. 26 July 1720 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1793 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Jacques BLAIS was born 26 July 1720 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jacques BLAIS was the child of Antoine BLAIS and Ambroise-Françoise FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BLAIS (BLAYE) and Anne PERRAULT (PERROT) (maternal) Nicolas FOURNIER and Marie HUBERT

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

Jacques married Marie-Louise LACROIX 29 May 1747 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Louise LACROIX was born 7 March 1727 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 29 January 1797 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Louise was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER.

Jacques BLAIS died 17 March 1793 in Saint-Vallier, 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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Jacques BLAIS married

Marie-Louise LACROIX-- Date: 29 May 1747 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LACROIX was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER

Children of Jacques BLAIS and Marie-Louise LACROIX:

Marie-Josephte BLAIS (b.17 March 1754, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1811, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Barnabe BOUTIN 15 April 1771 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine BLAIS (b.20 August 1755, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 18 June 1802, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques-Philippe LABRECQUE 28 April 1778 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques BLAIS (b.19 November 1761, Saint-Vallier, Canada d. , )
m. Brigitte CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ 21 November 1780 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Etienne BLAIS (b.26 December 1763, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1842, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Louise CORRIVEAU 10 January 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Thomas BLAIS (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angélique DODIER 3 March 1794 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1720 Birth
26 July 1720
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BLAIS and Marie-Louise LACROIX 29 May 1747, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BLAIS was born 17 March 1754, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 33 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BLAIS was born 20 August 1755, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 35 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Jacques BLAIS was born 19 November 1761, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 41 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Etienne BLAIS was born 26 December 1763, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 43 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte BLAIS married 15 April 1771, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Louis-Barnabe BOUTIN

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.