Francois BRISSON

(b. abt. 1759 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 September 1818 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Francois BRISSON was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada

Francois BRISSON was the child of Francois BRISSON and Madeleine LANDIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Michel BRISSON and Marguerite PERRAULT (maternal) Jacques LANDAIS and Marie-Charlotte ALLARD (LART) dite LARAMÉE

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

Francois married Geneviève GAGNON 23 February 1784 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève GAGNON was born 22 December 1765 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Geneviève died 29 November 1835 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Geneviève was the child of Joseph-Antoine GAGNON and Geneviève BOUCHER.

Francois BRISSON died 7 September 1818 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Francois BRISSON was a Laboureur.

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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Francois BRISSON married

Geneviève GAGNON-- Date: 23 February 1784 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève GAGNON was the child of Joseph-Antoine GAGNON and Geneviève BOUCHER

Children of Francois BRISSON and Geneviève GAGNON:

Pierre BRISSON (b.2 November 1794, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Monique FOURNIER 28 November 1815 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Anastasie BRISSON (b.9 August 1798, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 28 August 1863, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph LAVOIE 20 February 1821 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Francois BRISSON and Geneviève GAGNON 23 February 1784, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Pierre BRISSON was born 2 November 1794, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

1798 Birth of Child
Anastasie BRISSON was born 9 August 1798, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Pierre BRISSON married 28 November 1815, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Monique FOURNIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)