Madeleine FAVREAU

Born

20 May 1709 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

19 June 1800 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

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Jean FAVREAU Jeanne MEUNIER

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Born: 20 May 1709 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: Jean FAVREAU

Mother: Jeanne MEUNIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre FAVREAU dit DESLAURIERS , Marie BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE (MEUSNIER) , Barbe RICHAUME

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Madeleine married Paul TESSIER 19 April 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Paul TESSIER was born 10 May 1703 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Paul died 20 October 1773 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Paul was the child of Paul TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER.

Madeleine FAVREAU died 19 June 1800 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, 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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Madeleine FAVREAU married

Paul TESSIER
Marriage date: 19 April 1728
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Paul TESSIER was the child of Paul TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER

Children of Paul TESSIER and Madeleine FAVREAU

Marie-Josephe TESSIER

Born: 10 June 1730, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 May 1817, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Germain GAUVREAU 23 September 1748 Place: Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Thérèse TESSIER

Born: 10 November 1737, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Gabriel FORGET 10 January 1763 Place: Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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Birth — 1709
20 May 1709
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine FAVREAU and Paul TESSIER 19 April 1728, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 18 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe TESSIER was born 10 June 1730, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Madeleine was 21 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Thérèse TESSIER was born 10 November 1737, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

1748 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe TESSIER married 23 September 1748 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe) to Joseph-Germain GAUVREAU

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
Thérèse TESSIER married 10 January 1763, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne) to Gabriel FORGET

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Paul TESSIER died 20 October 1773, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

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.