Jean-Baptiste DUVAL

(b. 21 October 1698 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1780 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DUVAL was born 21 October 1698 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DUVAL was the child of François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Galleron BOUCHER and Marie LECLERC

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne FORTIN 21 January 1729 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne FORTIN was born 24 January 1700 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Anne died 3 March 1730 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre FORTIN and Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 6 February 1736 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 26 December 1702 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine died 23 February 1783 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Catherine was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe VALLEE.

Jean-Baptiste DUVAL died 17 March 1780 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Fortin Marie-Anne
m. Miville Marie-Catherine

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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 DUVAL married

Marie-Anne FORTIN-- Date: 21 January 1729 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne FORTIN was the child of Pierre FORTIN and Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Jean-Baptiste DUVAL married

Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 6 February 1736 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marthe VALLEE

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUVAL and Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Josephte DUVAL (b.19 March 1738, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1823, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LECLERC 8 February 1757 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1698 Birth
21 October 1698
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUVAL and Marie-Anne FORTIN 21 January 1729 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 30 years old.

1730 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne FORTIN died 3 March 1730, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1736 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUVAL and Marie-Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 6 February 1736 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 37 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Josephte DUVAL was born 19 March 1738, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Josephte DUVAL married 8 February 1757, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jean-Baptiste LECLERC

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.