Toussaint TESSIER

Born

1 November 1752 , Berthierville, Canada, New France

Died

18 May 1812 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

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Ignace TESSIER Geneviève FORCIER

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Born: 1 November 1752 in Berthierville, Canada, New France

Father: Ignace TESSIER

Mother: Geneviève FORCIER

Paternal grandparents: Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE , Marguerite LUSSIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques FORCIER , Marie-Jeanne HAREL

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Toussaint married Marie-Veronique PIGEON 2 August 1779 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Veronique PIGEON was born 6 September 1759 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Veronique died 11 February 1811 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Veronique was the child of Jacques PIGEON and Marie-Josephe GALIPEAU.

Toussaint TESSIER died 18 May 1812 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Marie-Veronique PIGEON
Marriage date: 2 August 1779
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Veronique PIGEON was the child of Jacques PIGEON and Marie-Josephe GALIPEAU

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Birth — 1752
1 November 1752
Berthierville, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint TESSIER and Marie-Veronique PIGEON 2 August 1779, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)