Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX

(b. abt. 1748 , Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1799 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX was born abt. 1748 in Berthierville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX and Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GENEREUX and Marie-Françoise DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Josephte GOULET

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER 7 October 1771 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER was born 3 July 1752 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Thérèse died 8 April 1826 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Joseph-Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Thérèse HETU.

Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX died 3 February 1799 in Berthierville, 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 GENEREUX married

Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER-- Date: 7 October 1771 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER was the child of Joseph-Charles BOUCHER and Marie-Thérèse HETU

Children of Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX and Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER:

Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX (b.abt. 1773, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angélique BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS 30 July 1798 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Pierre GENEREUX (b.13 September 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 April 1835, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Clemence BARBE dite LAFORTUNE 2 February 1801 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX and Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER 7 October 1771, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.

1781 Birth of Child
Pierre GENEREUX was born 13 September 1781, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX married 30 July 1798, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Angélique BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS