Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE

Born

12 March 1756 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

7 July 1793 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Pierre LESTAGE Marie-Madeleine RIVET

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Born: 12 March 1756 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre LESTAGE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine RIVET

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LESTAGE , Marie Josephe Esther SAYWARD (SAYER)

Maternal grandparents: René RIVET , Marie-Madeline DENEAU (DENIAU)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie VAUDRY 1 October 1781 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . Marie VAUDRY was born 4 July 1749 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . Marie died 15 April 1819 in Chambly, Lower Canada . Marie was the child of Joseph VAUDRY and Marie-Catherine-Marguerite ARCHAMBAULT.

Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE died 7 July 1793 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

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Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE married

Marie VAUDRY
Marriage date: 1 October 1781
Marriage place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
Marie VAUDRY was the child of Joseph VAUDRY and Marie-Catherine-Marguerite ARCHAMBAULT

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1756
12 March 1756
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE and Marie VAUDRY 1 October 1781, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 25 years old.