Angélique LESSARD

(b. 21 March 1744 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 14 August 1817 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Angélique LESSARD was born 21 March 1744 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Angélique LESSARD was the child of François-Malo LESSARD and Angélique RACINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB (maternal) Étienne RACINE and Catherine GUYON

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

Angélique married Michel VACHON 31 January 1763 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel VACHON was born 21 April 1741 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Michel died 31 March 1804 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Michel was the child of Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER.

Angélique LESSARD died 14 August 1817 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada.
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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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Angélique LESSARD married

Michel VACHON-- Date: 31 January 1763 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel VACHON was the child of Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER

Children of Michel VACHON and Angélique LESSARD:

Etienne VACHON dit POMERLEAU (b.11 April 1770, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 February 1846, Beauceville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Reine LANGELIER 1 March 1791 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
21 March 1744
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Angélique LESSARD and Michel VACHON 31 January 1763, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Etienne VACHON dit POMERLEAU was born 11 April 1770, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Angélique was 26 years old.

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.