Antoine DESJARDINS

(b. 30 April 1716 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1770 , Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine DESJARDINS was born 30 April 1716 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Antoine DESJARDINS was the child of Jacques-Zacharie DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne PITON dite TOULOUSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude DESJARDINS dit CHARBONNIER and Marguerite CARDILLON (maternal) Simon-Dominique PITON dit TOULOUSE and Marie BARSA dite LAFLEUR

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

Antoine married Therese LEMIRE 24 April 1747 in Châteauguay, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese LEMIRE was born 18 February 1725 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Therese was the child of Michel LEMIRE and Isabelle-Elisabeth LEMERLE.

Antoine DESJARDINS died 4 June 1770 in Châteauguay, 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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Antoine DESJARDINS married

Therese LEMIRE-- Date: 24 April 1747 Place: Châteauguay, Canada, New France
Therese LEMIRE was the child of Michel LEMIRE and Isabelle-Elisabeth LEMERLE

Children of Antoine DESJARDINS and Therese LEMIRE:

Marie-Anne DESJARDINS dite ZACHARIE (b.26 May 1758, Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1800, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LEPAGE 1 February 1780 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1716 Birth
30 April 1716
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1747 Marriage / Partner
Antoine DESJARDINS and Therese LEMIRE 24 April 1747, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 31 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DESJARDINS dite ZACHARIE was born 26 May 1758, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Antoine was 42 years old.

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.