Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS

(b. 5 May 1720 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1776 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS was born 5 May 1720 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS was the child of François DUMAS and Marie-Jeanne ROULEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUMAS and Marguerite FOY (maternal) Gabriel ROULEAU and Jeanne DUFRESNE

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Jean-Baptiste-François married Jeanne LECLERC 22 August 1740 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne LECLERC was born 26 August 1719 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jeanne died 27 March 1787 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jeanne was the child of Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL.

Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS died 22 September 1776 in Saint-Ours, 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-François DUMAS married

Jeanne LECLERC-- Date: 22 August 1740 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
Jeanne LECLERC was the child of Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL

Children of Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS and Jeanne LECLERC:

Marguerite DUMAS (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre LAVIOLETTE 18 January 1773 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1720 Birth
5 May 1720
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-François DUMAS and Jeanne LECLERC 22 August 1740, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 20 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DUMAS married 18 January 1773, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Pierre LAVIOLETTE

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.