François CLESSE

Born

13 July 1736 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

2 January 1818 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of François CLESSE

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Born: 13 July 1736 in Québec, Canada, New France

Parents of François CLESSE

Father

François CLESSE

Mother

Marie-Ignace-Jeanne ROY

Grandparents of François CLESSE

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Maternal grandparents

Laurent ROY Angelique LUNEAU (LOUINEAU)

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

François married Marie-Anne POULIN 7 January 1765 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne POULIN was born 23 August 1747 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne died 8 December 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre POULIN and Charlotte RACINE.

François CLESSE died 2 January 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François CLESSE

François CLESSE married

Marie-Anne POULIN
Marriage date: 7 January 1765
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Anne POULIN was the child of Pierre POULIN and Charlotte RACINE

Children of François CLESSE and Marie-Anne POULIN

Geneviève CLESSE

Born: 17 July 1771, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1857, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste LARUE 20 November 1788 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie CLESSE

Born: 7 August 1777, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 26 November 1792 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1736
13 July 1736
Québec, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
François CLESSE and Marie-Anne POULIN 7 January 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 28 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Geneviève CLESSE was born 17 July 1771, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

François was 35 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Marie CLESSE was born 7 August 1777, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

François was 41 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CLESSE married 20 November 1788, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LARUE

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie CLESSE married 26 November 1792, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada to Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE

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

1795 Death of Child
Marie CLESSE died 20 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

François was 58 years old.

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

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

Death — 1818
2 January 1818
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 81.

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