Joseph-Marie LESSARD

(b. 2 October 1722 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1787 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Marie LESSARD was born 2 October 1722 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie LESSARD was the child of Noel LESSARD and Marie-Genevieve DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne LESSARD (LESSART) and Marguerite SEVESTRE (maternal) Jean DUBOIS and Marie-Anne MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)

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

Joseph-Marie married Reine BLANCHET 7 April 1761 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reine BLANCHET was born 11 July 1740 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Reine died 17 March 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Reine was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Geneviève ROUSSEAU.

Joseph-Marie LESSARD died 25 December 1787 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Blanchet Reine
m. Gagnon Agathe

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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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Joseph-Marie LESSARD married

Reine BLANCHET-- Date: 7 April 1761 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Reine BLANCHET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHET and Geneviève ROUSSEAU

Children of Joseph-Marie LESSARD and Reine BLANCHET:

Louis LESSARD (b.30 August 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 December 1809, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte CHARLAND 13 January 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1722 Birth
2 October 1722
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie LESSARD and Reine BLANCHET 7 April 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 38 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Louis LESSARD was born 30 August 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Marie was 48 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.