Jean Baptiste Lefebvre

     Jean was born in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Pierre Lefebvre & Marie Chatigny. He was christened there on 24 June 1658 in the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ Jean married Marie Crete, daughter of Jean Crete and Marguerite Gaulin, on 22 October 1685 in Beauport, ville de Quebec at La Nativitie-de-Notre-Dame Church.² Jean Baptiste and Marie had children: Jean Baptiste [8/10/1686-4/25/1744][m. 2/14/1719 Marie Charlotte Rainville], Joseph [8/01/1688-11/28/1751][m. 1/24/1720 Marie Parent], Jacques [12/03/1689-11/15/1749][m. Marie Josephe Parent], Marie Louise [3/22/1691-12/10/1730][m. 11/22/1712 Nicolas Vallee], Claude [10/26/1692][m. 1/245/1720 Marie Therese Parent], Marie Charlotte [4/19/1696-4/29/1744][m. 7/24/1719 Louis Chevalier], Noel [11/25/1697-12/01/1697], Marguerite Francoise [1/29/1699-1/14/1709], Pierre [10/01/1700-2/25/1701], Noel [12/19/1701-2/06/1703], Marie Genevieve [1/04/1704-7/12/1786][m. 8/28/1730 Etienne Parent], Louis [8/18/1705-11/10/1708], Marie Elisabeth [9/08/1707-3/05/1741][m. 11/24/1727 Joseph Parent], Ignace [10/19/1709-10/02/1757][m. 11/11/1737 Marie Genevieve Couture] & Francois Nicolas [5/24/1714-5/26/1714].³ Jean's wife, Marie, died in November 1724 in Beauport, ville de Quebec leaving him a widower.⁴ Jean departed this life on Sunday, 5 February 1736 in Beauport, ville de Quebec. He was buried there in the churchyard of La-Nativitie-de-Notre-Dame on Monday, 6 February 1736.⁵