Jean-Baptiste LESSARD

(b. 28 April 1745 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 19 July 1809 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was born 28 April 1745 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD was the child of Ignace LESSARD and Reine BOLDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LESSARD and Marguerite RACINE (maternal) René BOLDUC and Marguerite MALBOEUF

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Jean-Baptiste married Agathe RATTÉ (RATE) 24 January 1774 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Agathe RATTÉ (RATE) was born 5 May 1752 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Agathe died 20 April 1828 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Agathe was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATTÉ dit RACETTE and Agathe TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste LESSARD died 19 July 1809 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Jean-Baptiste LESSARD married

Agathe RATTÉ (RATE)-- Date: 24 January 1774 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Agathe RATTÉ (RATE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste RATTÉ dit RACETTE and Agathe TREMBLAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Agathe RATTÉ (RATE):

Pierre Depier LESSARD (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1832, Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin Territory)

Louise LESSARD (b.18 December 1794, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 16 August 1853, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada East)
m. Magloire LEBOND 27 January 1821 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1745 Birth
28 April 1745
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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
Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Agathe RATTÉ (RATE) 24 January 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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.