Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

(b. 18 July 1708 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 March 1782 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was born 18 July 1708 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was the child of Jean Bernardin LESAGE dit LEPIEDMONTOIS and Marie-Barbe SYLVESTRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Barbe NEVEU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS 11 July 1729 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS was born 21 July 1711 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine died 4 October 1729 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean BAUGIS and Marie-Jeanne-Thérèse PARENT.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE 8 May 1730 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE was born 13 December 1709 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean DELAMOTHE and Anne BRUNEAU.

Jean-Baptiste married (3) Therese GAUDRY 25 February 1734 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese GAUDRY was born 7 February 1711 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Therese was the child of Jacques GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIERE and Anne BOURDON.

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE died 19 March 1782 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE

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Jean-Baptiste LESAGE married

Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS-- Date: 11 July 1729 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS was the child of Jean BAUGIS and Marie-Jeanne-Thérèse PARENT

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS:

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE married

Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE-- Date: 8 May 1730 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE was the child of Jean DELAMOTHE and Anne BRUNEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE:

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE married

Therese GAUDRY-- Date: 25 February 1734 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Therese GAUDRY was the child of Jacques GAUDRY dit BOURBONNIERE and Anne BOURDON

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Therese GAUDRY:

Rosalie LESAGE (b.13 August 1745, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1809, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph AUGER 5 July 1763 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1708 Birth
18 July 1708
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS 11 July 1729, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 20 years old.

1729 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine BAUGIS died 4 October 1729, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1730 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Jeanne LAMOTHE 8 May 1730, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1734 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Therese GAUDRY 25 February 1734, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 25 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Rosalie LESAGE was born 13 August 1745, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

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 of Child
Rosalie LESAGE married 5 July 1763, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Joseph AUGER

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.