Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE

Born

8 June 1704 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

27 February 1776 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Mathieu TESSIER dit ERINGUE Marguerite CARREAU

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Born: 8 June 1704 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Mathieu TESSIER dit ERINGUE

Mother: Marguerite CARREAU

Maternal grandparents: Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR , Jeanne LEROUGE

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique GARNIER 6 November 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique GARNIER was born 6 August 1704 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique died 11 May 1764 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Charles GARNIER and Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU.

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE died 27 February 1776 in Beauport, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE married

Angélique GARNIER
Marriage date: 6 November 1724
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Angélique GARNIER was the child of Charles GARNIER and Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU

Children of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE and Angélique GARNIER

Angélique TESSIER

Born: 23 November 1725, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 2 October 1780, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste GIROUX 23 January 1747 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

Born: 20 October 1730, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 5 August 1799, Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) 3 May 1751 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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Birth — 1704
8 June 1704
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1724 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE and Angélique GARNIER 6 November 1724, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 20 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Angélique TESSIER was born 23 November 1725, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER was born 20 October 1730, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1747 Marriage of Child
Angélique TESSIER married 23 January 1747, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Jean-Baptiste GIROUX

1751 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER married 3 May 1751, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC)

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.

1764 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique GARNIER died 11 May 1764, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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.