Jean-Baptiste BOILY

(b. 6 June 1728 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 30 November 1805 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOILY was born 6 June 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BOILY was the child of Guillaume BOILY and Louise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Barbe DODIER

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

Jean-Baptiste married Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE 22 January 1748 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE was born 16 January 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ursule died 27 April 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ursule was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Elisabeth PETIT.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Amable COTE 14 September 1779 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Amable COTE was born 19 May 1756 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Amable died 8 September 1843 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Amable was the child of Thomas COTE and Geneviève GAGNON.

Jean-Baptiste BOILY died 30 November 1805 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 BOILY married

Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE-- Date: 22 January 1748 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Elisabeth PETIT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE:

Guillaume BOILY (b.25 January 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 11 December 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne SIMARD 25 October 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste BOILY (b.2 February 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1793, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE 23 June 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY (b.27 November 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 28 March 1835, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-François FORTIN 18 November 1776 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph BOILY (b.21 October 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 14 September 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite SIMARD 19 November 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

André BOILY (b.4 November 1767, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 December 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève PERRON 29 January 1788 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste BOILY married

Amable COTE-- Date: 14 September 1779 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable COTE was the child of Thomas COTE and Geneviève GAGNON

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Amable COTE:

Alexis BOILY (b.12 December 1783, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 May 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne GAGNON 25 November 1813 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Rosalie BOILY (b.18 September 1785, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 May 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Abraham MARTEL 13 October 1807 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Joseph BOILY (b.19 February 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 January 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East )
m. Angele HARVEY 29 October 1811 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Guillaume BOILY (b.16 January 1792, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 24 July 1869, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne MCNICOLL 1 February 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jacques BOILY (b.1 May 1793, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1869, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie SAVARD 19 October 1819 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1728 Birth
6 June 1728
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE 22 January 1748 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 19 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Guillaume BOILY was born 25 January 1751, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOILY was born 2 February 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY was born 27 November 1759, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Joseph BOILY was born 21 October 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1767 Birth of Child
André BOILY was born 4 November 1767, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Guillaume BOILY married 25 October 1773, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Anne SIMARD

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY married 18 November 1776, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-François FORTIN

1777 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE died 27 April 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1777 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOILY married 23 June 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Louise VILLENEUVE

1779 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Amable COTE 14 September 1779, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 51 years old.

1780 Death of Child
Guillaume BOILY died 11 December 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 52 years old.

1782 Marriage of Child
Joseph BOILY married 19 November 1782, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marguerite SIMARD

1783 Birth of Child
Alexis BOILY was born 12 December 1783, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 55 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Rosalie BOILY was born 18 September 1785, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 57 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Joseph BOILY was born 19 February 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 58 years old.

1788 Marriage of Child
André BOILY married 29 January 1788, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Geneviève PERRON

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Birth of Child
Guillaume BOILY was born 16 January 1792, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 63 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Jacques BOILY was born 1 May 1793, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 64 years old.

1793 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOILY died 7 May 1793, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 64 years old.

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

1805 Death
30 November 1805
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 77.

Added: 4/21/2016 8:42:26 AM - Updated: 1/26/2025 12:53:06 PM