Jean Baptiste CORMIER

(b. abt. 1730 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 28 June 1792 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean Baptiste CORMIER was born abt. 1730 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste CORMIER was the child of Pierre CORMIER dit ROSSIGNOL and Marie Anne CYR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC (maternal) Jean CYR and Françoise MELANSON

Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Jean Baptiste married Madeleine BERNARD abt. 1759 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine BERNARD was born abt. 1734 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 12 November 1814 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Jean Baptiste BERNARD and Marie Cecile GAUDET.

Jean Baptiste CORMIER died 28 June 1792 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, 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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Family and Children of Jean Baptiste CORMIER

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Jean Baptiste CORMIER married

Madeleine BERNARD-- Date: abt. 1759 Place: , Canada
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Madeleine BERNARD was the child of Jean Baptiste BERNARD and Marie Cecile GAUDET

Children of Jean Baptiste CORMIER and Madeleine BERNARD:

Marie-Madeleine CORMIER (b.1 October 1762, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. 19 August 1820, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. David BOURGEOIS 15 January 1780 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean CORMIER (b.23 August 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Catherine CORBEIL 6 October 1783 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Anastasie-Nathalie CORMIER (b.25 May 1766, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François-Paul PHANEUF 6 October 1783 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine CORMIER was born 1 October 1762, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Jean CORMIER was born 23 August 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1766 Birth of Child
Anastasie-Nathalie CORMIER was born 25 May 1766, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.