Leon-Jean GIGUERE

Born

11 November 1748 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Died

18 April 1805 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Charles GIGUERE Anne GUYON

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Born: 11 November 1748 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Father: Charles GIGUERE

Mother: Anne GUYON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GIGUERE , Angélique MERCIER

Maternal grandparents: Claude GUYON , Catherine BLOUIN

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Leon-Jean married Marie-Agathe LAURENCE 22 August 1774 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Agathe LAURENCE was born 22 August 1755 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France . Marie-Agathe died 9 December 1798 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Marie-Agathe was the child of Louis-Hector LAURENCE and Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Leon-Jean GIGUERE died 18 April 1805 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada .
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Leon-Jean GIGUERE married

Marie-Agathe LAURENCE
Marriage date: 22 August 1774
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Agathe LAURENCE was the child of Louis-Hector LAURENCE and Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Leon-Jean GIGUERE and Marie-Agathe LAURENCE

Agathe GIGUERE

Born: 31 December 1776, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 4 July 1820, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre BOURDON 6 October 1806 Place: Lavaltrie, 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 — 1748
11 November 1748
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Leon-Jean GIGUERE and Marie-Agathe LAURENCE 22 August 1774, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 25 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.