Felicite VEZINA

(b. 3 April 1755 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1805 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Felicite VEZINA was born 3 April 1755 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Felicite VEZINA was the child of Vincent VEZINA and Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE) (maternal) Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE and Jeanne MORIN

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Felicite married Charles LESSARD 15 January 1781 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LESSARD was born 4 November 1754 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Charles was the child of Prisque LESSARD and Marie-Charlotte PAGEOT (PAGEAU).

Felicite VEZINA died 31 July 1805 in Québec, 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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Felicite VEZINA married

Charles LESSARD-- Date: 15 January 1781 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles LESSARD was the child of Prisque LESSARD and Marie-Charlotte PAGEOT (PAGEAU)

Children of Charles LESSARD and Felicite VEZINA:

Marie-Elisabeth LESSARD (b.abt. 1781, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 August 1850, Montmagny, Canada East )
m. Joseph DERY 16 October 1798 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1755 Birth
3 April 1755
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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.