Françoise TESSIER

Born

27 March 1743 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Died

16 December 1806 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Joachim TESSIER Marie-Anne MAGNAN

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Born: 27 March 1743 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Father: Joachim TESSIER

Mother: Marie-Anne MAGNAN

Paternal grandparents: Edmond TESSIER , Madeleine LANGEVIN

Maternal grandparents: Étienne MAGNAN , Marie-Anne MATTE

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Françoise married Louis GAUTHIER 20 May 1765 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis GAUTHIER was born abt. 1732 in Québec Province, Canada. Louis died 1 June 1790 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY.

Françoise TESSIER died 16 December 1806 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .
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Françoise TESSIER married

Louis GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 20 May 1765
Marriage place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY

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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 — 1743
27 March 1743
La-Pérade, 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
Françoise TESSIER and Louis GAUTHIER 20 May 1765, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 22 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.