Jacques ASSELIN

(b. 13 February 1761 , Saint-Vallier, Canada d. 31 August 1822 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jacques ASSELIN was born 13 February 1761 in Saint-Vallier, Canada

Jacques ASSELIN was the child of François ASSELIN and Marie-Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie-Anne TRUDEL (maternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Anne LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN 12 February 1787 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN was born 25 January 1768 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 19 May 1799 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais).

Jacques ASSELIN died 31 August 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .

m. Depond Francoise
m. Gosselin Marie-Josephte

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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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Jacques ASSELIN married

Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN-- Date: 12 February 1787 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Jacques ASSELIN and Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN:

Marie ASSELIN (b.11 august 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 3 July 1845, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Stanislaus HINCE, HINSE, HAYNES

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1761 Birth
13 February 1761
Saint-Vallier, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ASSELIN and Marie-Josephte GOSSELIN 12 February 1787, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Marie ASSELIN was born 11 august 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Jacques was 33 years old.