Pierre LESTAGE

Born

25 August 1714 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

26 August 1788 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre married Marie-Madeleine RIVET 22 July 1737 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Madeleine RIVET was born 26 December 1713 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine died 9 February 1777 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine was the child of René RIVET and Marie-Madeline DENEAU (DENIAU) .

Parents & Family of Pierre LESTAGE

Parents of Pierre LESTAGE

Father

Pierre LESTAGE

Mother

Marie Josephe Esther SAYWARD (SAYER)

Grandparents of Pierre LESTAGE

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

John SAYWARD Mary RISHWORTH

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre LESTAGE

Pierre LESTAGE married

Marie-Madeleine RIVET
Marriage date: 22 July 1737
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Pierre LESTAGE and Marie-Madeleine RIVET
Marie-Madeleine RIVET was the child of René RIVET and Marie-Madeline DENEAU (DENIAU)

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Pierre LESTAGE and Marie-Madeleine RIVET

Marie-Madeleine LESTAGE

Born: 28 June 1738, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 11 November 1791, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Laurent DENIGER 4 August 1760 Place: La Prairie, Canada

Marie-Monique LESTAGE

Born: 31 October 1739, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 12 February 1828, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DENEAU (DENIAU) 18 February 1765 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Renee LESTAGE

Born: 16 February 1741, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 25 August 1741, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Renee LESTAGE

Born: 25 November 1742, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 11 March 1790, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin BEAUVAIS 11 February 1771 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Angélique LESTAGE

Born: 2 April 1744 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 29 June 1829, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre BROSSEAU 24 November 1766 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Catherine LESTAGE

Born: 17 February 1747, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 22 February 1747, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite LESTAGE

Born: 17 February 1747, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 6 July 1747, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Amable LESTAGE

Born: 14 February 1748, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 20 July 1813, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 6 August 1764 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise LESTAGE

Born: 20 October 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 26 March 1816, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques FORAND 2 March 1772 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

Married: Louis ROUSSIN 24 October 1779 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

Marie-Marguerite LESTAGE

Born: 5 January 1751, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Claude VAUCHER (VAUCHERET) 11 April 1768 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne LESTAGE

Born: 27 July 1753, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 16 August 1753, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre LESTAGE

Born: 5 October 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 18 July 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Reine DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) 11 February 1782 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE

Born: 12 March 1756, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 7 July 1793, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie VAUDRY 1 October 1781 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Baptism

Baptism recorded at Notre-Dame-de-Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Birth — 1714
25 August 1714
Montréal, Canada, New France

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1737 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LESTAGE and Marie-Madeleine RIVET 22 July 1737, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 years old.

Pierre LESTAGE - 1737 Marriage. La Nativitie de la B-V-M, La Prairie, Quebec

1737 Marriage. La Nativitie de la B-V-M, La Prairie, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LESTAGE was born 28 June 1738, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 23 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Monique LESTAGE was born 31 October 1739, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 25 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Renee LESTAGE was born 16 February 1741, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Renee LESTAGE was born 25 November 1742, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Angélique LESTAGE was born 2 April 1744 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 29 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine LESTAGE was born 17 February 1747, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite LESTAGE was born 17 February 1747, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable LESTAGE was born 14 February 1748, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LESTAGE was born 20 October 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite LESTAGE was born 5 January 1751, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 36 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LESTAGE was born 27 July 1753, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 38 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre LESTAGE was born 5 October 1754, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE was born 12 March 1756, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 41 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine LESTAGE married 4 August 1760, La Prairie, Canada to Laurent DENIGER

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable LESTAGE married 6 August 1764, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Monique LESTAGE married 18 February 1765 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Charles DENEAU (DENIAU)

1766 Marriage of Child
Angélique LESTAGE married 24 November 1766, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre BROSSEAU

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite LESTAGE married 11 April 1768, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Claude VAUCHER (VAUCHERET)

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Renee LESTAGE married 11 February 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Augustin BEAUVAIS

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LESTAGE married 2 March 1772, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* to Jacques FORAND

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.

1777 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine RIVET died 9 February 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LESTAGE married 24 October 1779, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* to Louis ROUSSIN

1781 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESTAGE married 1 October 1781, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* to Marie VAUDRY

1782 Marriage of Child
Pierre LESTAGE married 11 February 1782, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Reine DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788

Death record not found at Notre-Dame de-LaPrairie de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783