Ignace TOUSIGNANT

(b. 16 May 1717 , Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1780 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Ignace TOUSIGNANT was born 16 May 1717 in Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Ignace TOUSIGNANT was the child of Michel TOUSIGNANT and Marie-Catherine LEMAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Madeleine PHILIPPE (PHILLIPPE) (maternal) Ignace LEMAY and Anne GIRARD

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Ignace married Angelique LEMAY 25 July 1740 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angelique LEMAY was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 1 October 1793 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique was the child of Joseph LEMAY and Marie-Angelique GARNIER (GRENIER).

Ignace TOUSIGNANT died 31 July 1780 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, 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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Ignace TOUSIGNANT married

Angelique LEMAY-- Date: 25 July 1740 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Angelique LEMAY was the child of Joseph LEMAY and Marie-Angelique GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Ignace TOUSIGNANT and Angelique LEMAY:

François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 June 1805, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe GELINAS 6 February 1769 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Louis TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE (b.21 August 1747, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1810, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Louise BERGERON 27 January 1772 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1717 Birth
16 May 1717
Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Ignace TOUSIGNANT and Angelique LEMAY 25 July 1740, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 23 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Louis TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE was born 21 August 1747, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Ignace was 30 years old.

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE married 6 February 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Marie-Josephe GELINAS

1772 Marriage of Child
Louis TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE married 27 January 1772, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Louise BERGERON

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.