Josephte RATIER

(b. abt. 1753 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 June 1819 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Josephte RATIER was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada

Josephte RATIER was the child of François RATIER and Marie-Marguerite CHARPENTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RATIER DUBUISSON and Marie-Catherine ROUSSEAU dite LALIBERTE (maternal) François CHARPENTIER and Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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

Josephte married Louis LESAGE 19 November 1781 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LESAGE was born 8 January 1763 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 13 March 1836 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Louis was the child of Pierre LESAGE and Genevieve TROTTIER dite POMBERT.

Josephte RATIER died 10 June 1819 in Louiseville, 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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Josephte RATIER married

Louis LESAGE-- Date: 19 November 1781 Place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis LESAGE was the child of Pierre LESAGE and Genevieve TROTTIER dite POMBERT

Children of Louis LESAGE and Josephte RATIER:

Louise LESAGE (b.18 July 1783, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1851, St-Paulin, Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Michel HOSTIN dit MARINEAU 25 November 1799 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Josephte RATIER and Louis LESAGE 19 November 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1783 Birth of Child
Louise LESAGE was born 18 July 1783, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Louise LESAGE married 25 November 1799, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Michel HOSTIN dit MARINEAU

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.