Pierre POISSANT

(b. 13 July 1749 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1818 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre POISSANT was born 13 July 1749 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre POISSANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste POISSANT and Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET) (maternal) Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

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

Pierre married Veronique BOUCHARD 26 January 1776 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Veronique BOUCHARD was born 30 September 1757 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Veronique was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte BOYER.

Pierre POISSANT died 3 January 1818 in La Prairie, 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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Pierre POISSANT married

Veronique BOUCHARD-- Date: 26 January 1776 Place: Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada
Veronique BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephte BOYER

Children of Pierre POISSANT and Veronique BOUCHARD:

Pierre POISSANT (b.11 April 1781, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 November 1854, Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada)
m. Francoise LEFEBVRE 13 November 1809 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1749 Birth
13 July 1749
La Prairie, 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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POISSANT and Veronique BOUCHARD 26 January 1776, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 26 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Pierre POISSANT was born 11 April 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 31 years old.

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)

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