Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE

Born

31 December 1784 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 December 1852 , Saint-Rémi, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE Marie-Josette DUMAS

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Born: 31 December 1784 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE

Mother: Marie-Josette DUMAS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE (BESSET) , Marie-Anne PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

Maternal grandparents: Etienne-Joseph DUMAS , Marie-Josephte PIEDALUE

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Jean-Baptiste married Julie GUERIN 28 July 1806 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie GUERIN was born 13 May 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Julie died 18 September 1852 in Saint-Rémi, Canada East . Julie was the child of Joseph GUERIN and Marie-Anne TRUDEAU.

Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE died 6 December 1852 in Saint-Rémi, Canada East .
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Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE married

Julie GUERIN
Marriage date: 28 July 1806
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Julie GUERIN was the child of Joseph GUERIN and Marie-Anne TRUDEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Julie GUERIN

Marie-Anne BESSETTE

Born: 15 December 1812, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles HEBERT 21 October 1834 Place: Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1784
31 December 1784
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BESSETTE and Julie GUERIN 28 July 1806, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

He was 21 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BESSETTE was born 15 December 1812, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England