Joseph LESSARD

Born

28 February 1672 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Died

5 December 1763 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

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Étienne LESSARD (LESSART)Marguerite SEVESTRE

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Born: 28 February 1672 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Father: Étienne LESSARD (LESSART)

Mother: Marguerite SEVESTRE

Maternal grandparents: Charles SEVESTRE , Marie PICHON

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

Joseph married Marguerite RACINE 15 February 1700 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite RACINE was born 27 November 1679 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marguerite died 21 February 1714 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marguerite was the child of François RACINE and Marie BAUCHE (BAUCHER) (BAUCHET).

Joseph married (2) Marie-Madeleine PAQUET 21 January 1715 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Madeleine PAQUET was born 10 March 1696 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 17 November 1748 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Isaac-Etienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) dit LAVALLEE and Elisabeth MEUNIER.

Joseph LESSARD died 5 December 1763 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Joseph LESSARD married

Marguerite RACINE
Marriage date: 15 February 1700
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
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Marguerite RACINE was the child of François RACINE and Marie BAUCHE (BAUCHER) (BAUCHET)

Marriage notes:

groom's name: Joseph Lessart

groom's birth date: 1672

groom's birthplace:

groom's age: 28

bride's name: Margueritte Racine

bride's birth date: 1680

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 20

marriage date: 15 Feb 1700

marriage place: Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Montmorency, Québec

groom's father's name: Estienne Lesart Sr.

groom's mother's name: Margueritte Sevestre

bride's father's name: Francois Racin

bride's mother's name: Marie Bauchet

groom's race: White

groom's marital status: Single

groom's previous wife's name:

bride's race: White

bride's marital status: Single

bride's previous husband's name:

indexing project (batch) number: M01249-7

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1018040

reference number: p144

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 11 Jan 2013), Joseph Lessart and Margueritte Racine, 15 Feb 1700; citing reference p144, FHL microfilm 1018040.

Children of Joseph LESSARD and Marguerite RACINE

Etienne LESSARD

Born: abt. 1703, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 April 1703, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse-Victoire LESSARD

Born: 20 February 1704, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 17 July 1778, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre CHABOT 15 May 1728 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Bonaventure LESSARD

Born: abt. 1707, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: March 1708, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Ignace LESSARD

Born: 23 December 1709, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 5 April 1782, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Reine BOLDUC 13 May 1743 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Madeleine LESSARD

Born: 29 September 1711, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 16 August 1787, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis GUIMOND 15 January 1731 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Felicite LESSARD

Born: 11 November 1713, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 26 October 1748, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Married: Louis PARÉ 22 July 1737 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph LESSARD married

Marie-Madeleine PAQUET
Marriage date: 21 January 1715
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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Marie-Madeleine PAQUET was the child of Isaac-Etienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) dit LAVALLEE and Elisabeth MEUNIER

Marriage notes:

Name: Joseph Lessart

Birth Date:

Birthplace:

Age:

Spouse's Name: Magdeleine Pacquet

Spouse's Birth Date:

Spouse's Birthplace:

Spouse's Age:

Event Date: 21 Jan 1715

Event Place: Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Montmorency, Québec

Father's Name:

Mother's Name:

Spouse's Father's Name: Isaac Pacquet

Spouse's Mother's Name: Eilsabeth Meusnier

Race: White

Marital Status: Widowed

Previous Wife's Name: Marguerite Racine

Spouse's Race: White

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01249-7

System Origin: Canada-EASy

GS Film number: 1018040

Reference ID: p198

"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 1 June 2015), Joseph Lessart and Magdeleine Pacquet, 21 Jan 1715; citing Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Montmorency, Québec, reference p198; FHL microfilm 1,018,040.

Children of Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine PAQUET

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

Born: 15 September 1717, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 19 March 1761, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise GAGNÉ 22 February 1740 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Prisque LESSARD

Born: 14 June 1720, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 27 October 1805, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise ALLAIRE 27 April 1745 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Bonaventure LESSARD

Born: 17 April 1722, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 5 January 1813, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada

Married: Elisabeth PARE 4 October 1741 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Augustin LESSARD

Born: 22 April 1724, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 19 March 1787, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS 17 April 1747 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Married: Louise JULIEN 30 July 1749 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe LESSARD

Born: 17 October 1727, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: 14 February 1768, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis SIMARD 18 July 1747 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Etienne LESSARD

Born: 14 February 1732, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Josephe CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) 17 June 1754 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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Birth — 1672
28 February 1672
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

1672
name: Joseph Lessart
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date: 13 Mar 1672
baptism/ christening place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Montmorency I, Quebec
birth date: 28 Feb 1672
birthplace: St. Anne de Beaupre, Montmoreney, Quebec
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Estienne Lessart
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Marguerite Sevestre
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C01332-5
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018040
reference number: P-14

'Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2HB-HBW : accessed 08 Jan 2013), Joseph Lessart, 28 Feb 1672; citing reference P-14, FHL microfilm 1018040.
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LESSARD and Marguerite RACINE 15 February 1700, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 27 years old.

1704 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Victoire LESSARD was born 20 February 1704, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1708 Death of Child
Bonaventure LESSARD died March 1708, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 36 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Ignace LESSARD was born 23 December 1709, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 37 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Madeleine LESSARD was born 29 September 1711, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Felicite LESSARD was born 11 November 1713, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1714 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite RACINE died 21 February 1714, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1715 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine PAQUET 21 January 1715, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 42 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was born 15 September 1717, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 45 years old.

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

1720 Birth of Child
Prisque LESSARD was born 14 June 1720, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 48 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Bonaventure LESSARD was born 17 April 1722, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 50 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Augustin LESSARD was born 22 April 1724, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 52 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe LESSARD was born 17 October 1727, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 55 years old.

1728 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Victoire LESSARD married 15 May 1728, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Pierre CHABOT

1731 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LESSARD married 15 January 1731, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Louis GUIMOND

1732 Birth of Child
Etienne LESSARD was born 14 February 1732, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 60 years old.

1737 Marriage of Child
Felicite LESSARD married 22 July 1737, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Louis PARÉ

1740 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD married 22 February 1740, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise GAGNÉ

1741 Marriage of Child
Bonaventure LESSARD married 4 October 1741, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Elisabeth PARE

1743 Marriage of Child
Ignace LESSARD married 13 May 1743, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Reine BOLDUC

1745 Marriage of Child
Prisque LESSARD married 27 April 1745, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Françoise ALLAIRE

1747 Marriage of Child
Augustin LESSARD married 17 April 1747, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Anne-Marguerite-Gertrude PARADIS

1747 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe LESSARD married 18 July 1747, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Louis SIMARD

1748 Death of Child
Felicite LESSARD died 26 October 1748, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Joseph was 76 years old.

1748 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine PAQUET died 17 November 1748, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1749 Marriage of Child
Augustin LESSARD married 30 July 1749, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Louise JULIEN

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Etienne LESSARD married 17 June 1754, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie-Josephe CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

1761 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD died 19 March 1761, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 89 years old.

Death — 1763
5 December 1763
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 91.

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