Josephte LESSARD

(b. 20 November 1731 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1782 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephte LESSARD was born 20 November 1731 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Josephte LESSARD was the child of Etienne LESSARD and Marie-Madeleine SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB (maternal) Augustin SIMARD and Marguerite PARÉ

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

Josephte married Etienne MOREL 20 April 1757 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne MOREL was born 29 April 1736 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Etienne was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN.

Josephte LESSARD died 26 May 1782 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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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Josephte LESSARD married

Etienne MOREL-- Date: 20 April 1757 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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Etienne MOREL was the child of Antoine MOREL and Geneviève DROUIN

Children of Etienne MOREL and Josephte LESSARD:

Madeleine MOREL (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 November 1812, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada )
m. Ignace GIGUERE 9 June 1777 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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1731 Birth
20 November 1731
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LESSARD and Etienne MOREL 20 April 1757, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

She was 25 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.

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.