Jean-Baptiste FERLAND

(b. 5 January 1715 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1768 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FERLAND was born 5 January 1715 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FERLAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Genevieve GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FERLAND and Jeanne-Françoise MILLOIR (maternal) Nicolas GOULET and Xainte CLOUTIER

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

Jean-Baptiste married Helene CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Helene CRÉPEAU was born 11 May 1714 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Helene died 19 February 1774 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Helene was the child of Maurice CRÉPEAU and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Jean-Baptiste FERLAND died 31 December 1768 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, 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 FERLAND married

Helene CRÉPEAU-- Date: 17 November 1732 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Helene CRÉPEAU was the child of Maurice CRÉPEAU and Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU:

Thérèse FERLAND (b.26 September 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 19 July 1812, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph-Marie COTE 28 January 1765 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
m. Pierre ST-MARS 30 September 1782 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Louis FERLAND (b.29 July 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite SAVIGNAC 8 January 1787 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1715 Birth
5 January 1715
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Helene CRÉPEAU 17 November 1732, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Thérèse FERLAND was born 26 September 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Louis FERLAND was born 29 July 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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.