Francois LESSARD

Born

abt. 1752 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

13 April 1827 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada

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Bonaventure LESSARD Elisabeth PARE

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Born: abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Bonaventure LESSARD

Mother: Elisabeth PARE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LESSARD , Marie-Madeleine PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: François PARÉ , Geneviève CLOUTIER

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Francois married Marie-Josephe PARE 15 October 1787 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe PARE was born 12 June 1763 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 22 January 1842 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph PARE and Marie-Josephte BOLDUC.

Francois LESSARD died 13 April 1827 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Francois LESSARD married

Marie-Josephe PARE
Marriage date: 15 October 1787
Marriage place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe PARE was the child of Joseph PARE and Marie-Josephte BOLDUC

Children of Francois LESSARD and Marie-Josephe PARE

Angelique LESSARD

Born: 28 July 1807, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Died: 10 December 1886, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis-Antoine GAGNON 7 January 1827 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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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.