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Charles LESIEUR

(b. 20 July 1723 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1781 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charles LESIEUR was born 20 July 1723 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Charles LESIEUR was the child of Antoine LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne-Angelique RIVARD dite LORANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Françoise LAFOND (maternal) Claude RIVARD dit LORANGER and Catherine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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Charles married Marie GAUTHIER 7 June 1751 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie GAUTHIER was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 28 November 1805 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER and Marie-Catherine HAMEL.

Charles LESIEUR died 22 October 1781 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Charles LESIEUR married

Marie GAUTHIER-- Date: 7 June 1751 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER and Marie-Catherine HAMEL

Children of Charles LESIEUR and Marie GAUTHIER:

Josephte LESIEUR (b.10 October 1760, Yamachiche, Canada d. 2 February 1790, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis CHAUVET dit CAMIRAND 29 July 1782 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1723 Birth
20 July 1723
Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1751 Marriage / Partner
Charles LESIEUR and Marie GAUTHIER 7 June 1751, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 27 years old.

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

1760 Birth of Child
Josephte LESIEUR was born 10 October 1760, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Charles was 37 years old.

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.