Jean-Baptiste CUSSON

Born

6 November 1774 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 April 1842 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste CUSSON Genevieve VAILLANCOURT

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Born: 6 November 1774 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste CUSSON

Mother: Genevieve VAILLANCOURT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques CUSSON , Elisabeth MIMAUX (MIMEAU)

Maternal grandparents: François VAILLANCOURT , Marie-Anne MASTA

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Judith HUNAULT 13 February 1809 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Judith HUNAULT was born 5 June 1785 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Judith was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU and Marie-Charlotte CHARPENTIER dite BIENVENU.

Jean-Baptiste CUSSON died 9 April 1842 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East.
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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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Jean-Baptiste CUSSON married

Marie-Judith HUNAULT
Marriage date: 13 February 1809
Marriage place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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Marie-Judith HUNAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU and Marie-Charlotte CHARPENTIER dite BIENVENU

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Barnabe CUSSON

Born: abt. 1815, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Tharsile MARTINEAU 13 October 1840 Place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1774
6 November 1774
Laval, Province of 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CUSSON and Marie-Judith HUNAULT 13 February 1809, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

He was 34 years old.

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England