Jean-Baptiste TESSIER

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20 October 1730 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

5 August 1799 , Beauport, Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE Angélique GARNIER

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Born: 20 October 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAPLANTE

Mother: Angélique GARNIER

Paternal grandparents: Mathieu TESSIER dit ERINGUE , Marguerite CARREAU

Maternal grandparents: Charles GARNIER , Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) 3 May 1751 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was born 9 December 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine died 23 October 1807 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Madeleine BRUNEAU.

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER died 5 August 1799 in Beauport, 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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Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC)
Marriage date: 3 May 1751
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAS (DUPRAC) and Marie-Madeleine BRUNEAU

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Marie-Madeleine TESSIER

Born: 26 February 1754, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 9 February 1823, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques ROUSSIN 6 February 1775 Place: Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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Birth — 1730
20 October 1730
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Madeleine DUPRAS (DUPRAC) 3 May 1751, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 20 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine TESSIER was born 26 February 1754, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine TESSIER married 6 February 1775, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) to Jacques ROUSSIN

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.