Jean-Baptiste BELAND

(b. 2 March 1752 , Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1814 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BELAND was born 2 March 1752 in Donnacona, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BELAND was the child of Jean-François BELAND and Marie-Anne GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BÉLAND and Marie COTIN (maternal) Jacques GOULET and Marie-Anne LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Ursule VIDAL dite PIGNANT 16 July 1792 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . Marie-Ursule VIDAL dite PIGNANT was born 1 June 1773 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Ursule died 16 August 1832 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Ursule was the child of Francois VIDAL dit PIGNANT and Marie-Charlotte MILLET.

Jean-Baptiste BELAND died 18 October 1814 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Vidal Marie-Ursule

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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 BELAND married

Marie-Ursule VIDAL dite PIGNANT-- Date: 16 July 1792 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Ursule VIDAL dite PIGNANT was the child of Francois VIDAL dit PIGNANT and Marie-Charlotte MILLET

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1752 Birth
2 March 1752
Donnacona, Canada, New France

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.

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.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BELAND and Marie-Ursule VIDAL dite PIGNANT 16 July 1792 , Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 40 years old.