Jacques ROUSSEAU

Born

21 August 1716 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

29 April 1771 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine ROUSSEAU Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

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Born: 21 August 1716 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine ROUSSEAU

Mother: Anne-Catherine BOUFFARD

Paternal grandparents: Thomas ROUSSEAU , Madeleine OLIVIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BOUFFARD , Anne LECLERC

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Jacques married Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE 16 November 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE was born 21 March 1727 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Veronique died 9 April 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Veronique was the child of Jean BUSSIERE and Françoise DUPIL (DUPILLE).

Jacques ROUSSEAU died 29 April 1771 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE
Marriage date: 16 November 1744
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE was the child of Jean BUSSIERE and Françoise DUPIL (DUPILLE)

Children of Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE

Jacques ROUSSEAU

Born: 11 December 1745, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 30 April 1828, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Ann NIEL 7 September 1767 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Antoine ROUSSEAU

Born: 26 April 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: 8 November 1816, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Geneviève ROULEAU 31 July 1780 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Laurent ROUSSEAU

Born: 21 October 1764, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 December 1826, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Marie SIMARD 26 April 1790 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Josephte ROUSSEAU

Born: 28 October 1769, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 February 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne TREMBLAY 21 November 1785 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1716
21 August 1716
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ROUSSEAU and Marie-Veronique BUSSIERE 16 November 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jacques ROUSSEAU was born 11 December 1745, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 29 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Antoine ROUSSEAU was born 26 April 1752, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 35 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.